diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 658c6c3..adf2552 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ static char normbgcolor[]           = "#222222";
 static char normbordercolor[]       = "#444444";
 static char normfgcolor[]           = "#bbbbbb";
 static char selfgcolor[]            = "#eeeeee";
-static char selbordercolor[]        = "#005577";
+static char selbordercolor[]        = "#770000";
 static char selbgcolor[]            = "#005577";
 static char *colors[][3] = {
        /*               fg           bg           border   */
diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index 0eb8fe5..9617d84 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname)
 	                       DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
 	                       clrname, dest))
 		die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'", clrname);
+
+	dest->pixel |= 0xff << 24;
 }
 
 /* Wrapper to create color schemes. The caller has to call free(3) on the