diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_journal_skin.xml b/files/mygui/openmw_journal_skin.xml
index 60608b4f17..a0d6ee2e86 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_journal_skin.xml
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_journal_skin.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         <Skin name = "MW_BookClient" size = "10 10">
                 <Property key="FontName" value = "MonoFont" />
                 <Property key="TextAlign" value = "Left Top" />
-                <Property key="TextColour" value = "0000FF" />
+                <Property key="TextColour" value = "0 0 0" />
                 <!--Property key="Pointer" value = "beam" /-->
                 <BasisSkin type="EditText" offset = "0 0 10 10" align = "Stretch"/>
         </Skin>