diff --git a/tigrc b/tigrc
index 1bb79e472..6d9951834 100644
--- a/tigrc
+++ b/tigrc
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ color "    Acked-by"		yellow	default
 color "    Tested-by"		yellow	default
 color "    Reviewed-by"		yellow	default
 color default			default	default	normal
-color cursor			white	green	bold
+color cursor			color15	green	bold
 color status			green	default
 color delimiter			magenta	default
 color date			blue	default