diff --git a/Window.py b/Window.py
index 66a1fbb..1f58eb1 100755
--- a/Window.py
+++ b/Window.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ class Window(object):
             self.conf['mailbox'] = 'Inbox'
         if not 'updaterate' in self.conf:
             self.conf['updaterate'] = 5000
+        if not 'bgcolor' in self.conf:
+            self.conf['bgcolor'] = (1.0, 0.5, 0.0)
         sticky = True
         if 'sticky' in self.conf:
             sticky = self.conf['sticky']
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ class Window(object):
         self.window.connect('destroy', self.destroy_event)
         self.window.connect('button-release-event', self.button_release)
         self.window.set_events(gtk.gdk.BUTTON_RELEASE_MASK)
+        self.window.modify_bg(gtk.STATE_NORMAL,
+                gtk.gdk.Color(*map(lambda x: int(65535 * x),
+                    self.conf['bgcolor'])))
 
         self.label = gtk.Label('-')