1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/BorderTheme.cc b/src/BorderTheme.cc
index 02faf05..fe387a1 100644
--- a/src/BorderTheme.cc
+++ b/src/BorderTheme.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ BorderTheme::BorderTheme(FbTk::Theme &theme, const std::string &name,
                          const std::string &altname):
     m_width(theme, name + ".borderWidth", altname + ".BorderWidth"),
     m_color(theme, name + ".borderColor", altname + ".BorderColor") {
-
+    // set default values
     *m_width = 0;
+    m_color->setFromString("black", theme.screenNum());
 }