diff --git a/conf/tmux.conf b/conf/tmux.conf
index b229fffe..d9bb7197 100644
--- a/conf/tmux.conf
+++ b/conf/tmux.conf
@@ -4,11 +4,14 @@ unbind C-b
 bind C-a send-prefix
 
 # Sets status bar colours to black on white (copied from http://goo.gl/2V0Lz )
-set -g status-bg "#fbf3db"
-set -g status-fg "#53676d"
+set -g status-bg black
+set -g status-fg white
+
+# Highlights active window with red background (copied from http://goo.gl/2V0Lz )
+#set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg red
 
 # Shows current time on statusbar. ( Made better suitable for me from nyuszika7h's .tmux.conf http://nyuszika7h.dyndns.org/~nyuszika7h/.tmux.conf )
-set -g status-right ' #[fg="#53676d",bold]%Y-%m-%d %H.%M%z#[fg="#53676d",bold] #[fg="#53676d",bold]'
+set -g status-right ' #[fg=yellow,bold]%Y-%m-%d %H.%M%z#[fg=black,bold] #[fg=black,bold]'
 
 # Sets automatic renaming of windows. (copied from comment by André Laszlo http://goo.gl/2V0Lz )
 setw -g automatic-rename on
@@ -42,4 +45,4 @@ set -g escape-time 300
 set -sg escape-time 300
 
 # turn clock green
-setw -g clock-mode-colour "#53676d"
+setw -g clock-mode-colour green