diff --git a/Xdefaults b/Xdefaults
index 831df87..63dadce 100644
--- a/Xdefaults
+++ b/Xdefaults
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ urxvt*transparent: true
 urxvt.background:  #252A2B
 urxvt.foreground:  #EEEEEC
 ! black + red
-urxvt*color0: black
+urxvt*color0: #0C191C
 urxvt*color1: red3
 ! green + yellow
 urxvt*color2: green3
diff --git a/irssi/custom.theme b/irssi/custom.theme
index 26eacc5..f61afef 100644
--- a/irssi/custom.theme
+++ b/irssi/custom.theme
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ abstracts = {
   ##
 
   # the basic styling hof how to print message, $0 = nick mode, $1 = nick
-  msgnick = "$1 %B>>%n %|";
+  msgnick = "$1 %B»%n %|";
 
   # $0 = nick mode, $1 = nick
   #ownmsgnick = "{msgnick $0 %B$1-%n}";
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ abstracts = {
 
   # default background for all statusbars. You can also give the default
   # foreground color for statusbar items.
-  sb_background = "%4";
+  sb_background = "%0";
   sb_foreground = "%w";
 
   sbmode = " mode $*";
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ abstracts = {
 };
 formats = {
   "fe-common/core" = {
-    join = "%g>>%G>>%n $0 %G>>%n joins $2";
-    part = "%r<<%R<<%n $0 %R<<%n leaves $2 {reason $3}";
-    quit = "%r<<%R<<%n $0 %R<<%n quits {reason $2}";
-    kick = "%r<<%R<<%n $0 %R<<%n was kicked from {channel $1} by $2 {reason $3}";
+    join = "%g»%G»%n $0 %G»%n joins $2";
+    part = "%r«%R«%n $0 %R«%n leaves $2 {reason $3}";
+    quit = "%r«%R«%n $0 %R«%n quits {reason $2}";
+    kick = "%r«%R«%n $0 %R«%n was kicked from {channel $1} by $2 {reason $3}";
     nick_changed = "{channick $0} --> {channick $1}";
 
     own_msg = "{ownmsgnick $2 [{ownnick $[12]0}]}$1";
diff --git a/mutt/aethon.muttrc b/mutt/aethon.muttrc
index a206fc6..259098a 100644
--- a/mutt/aethon.muttrc
+++ b/mutt/aethon.muttrc
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # aethon.nl specific options
 ###
 
-color status brightwhite green
-
 set from      = "thomas@aethon.nl"
 set smtp_url  = "smtp://thomas@aethon.nl@smtp.gmail.com:587/"
 set mbox      = "+aethon/INBOX"
diff --git a/mutt/arch.muttrc b/mutt/arch.muttrc
index faf16b6..64bebd0 100644
--- a/mutt/arch.muttrc
+++ b/mutt/arch.muttrc
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # archlinux.us specific options
 ###
 
-color status brightwhite blue
-
 set from     = "tom.willemsen@archlinux.us"
 set smtp_url = "smtp://tom.willemsen@archlinux.us@smtp.gmail.com:587/"
 set mbox     = "+arch/INBOX"
diff --git a/mutt/colors.muttrc b/mutt/colors.muttrc
index 5523158..fbfe9bd 100644
--- a/mutt/colors.muttrc
+++ b/mutt/colors.muttrc
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 color normal white default
 
 # main colors
-color status    brightwhite  blue
-color indicator brightwhite  blue
+color status    white        black
+color indicator white        black
 color tree      blue         default
 color error     brightred    default
 color message   brightyellow default
diff --git a/mutt/gmail.muttrc b/mutt/gmail.muttrc
index d9e1ef0..80c9178 100644
--- a/mutt/gmail.muttrc
+++ b/mutt/gmail.muttrc
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # gmail specific option
 ###
 
-color status blue default
-
 set from      = "ryuslash@gmail.com"
 set smtp_url  = "smtp://ryuslash@gmail.com@smtp.gmail.com:587/"
 set mbox      = "+gmail/INBOX"
diff --git a/mutt/iactor.muttrc b/mutt/iactor.muttrc
index 3998902..f090b5f 100644
--- a/mutt/iactor.muttrc
+++ b/mutt/iactor.muttrc
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # iactor specific options
 ###
 
-color status red default
-
 set from      = "tom@iactor.nl"
 set smtp_url  = "mail.iactor.nl:2525"
 set mbox      = "+iactor/INBOX"
diff --git a/muttrc b/muttrc
index 841302a..c97767b 100644
--- a/muttrc
+++ b/muttrc
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ unset mark_old                    # read/new is good enough for me
 set beep_new                      # bell on new mails
 set pipe_decode                   # strip headers and eval mimes when piping
 set thorough_search               # strip headers and eval mimes before searching
-set ascii_chars = yes
+#set ascii_chars = yes
 
 # index options
 set sort     = threads            # like gmail
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ alternative_order text/plain text/enriched text/html # save html for last
 set quote_regexp      = "^( {0,4}[>|:#%]| {0,4}[a-z0-9]+[>|]+)+"
 
 # formats
+set status_format = "-%r %f [Msgs:%?M?%M/?%m%?n? New:%n?%?o? Old:%o?%?d? Del:%d?%?F? Flag:%F?%?t? Tag:%t?%?p? Post:%p?%?b? Inc:%b?%?l? %l?]   (%s/%S) %> (%P)   "
 set date_format  = "%d %b %H:%M"
 set index_format = "%3C %Z %D [%-12.12F] %s"
 set alias_format = "%4n %t %-20a %r"
diff --git a/newsbeuter/config b/newsbeuter/config
index 15f6502..3776218 100644
--- a/newsbeuter/config
+++ b/newsbeuter/config
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ feedlist-title-format           "%N %V %> %u feeds with new articles"
 articlelist-title-format        "%N %V %T"
 
 # colors
-color listfocus white blue bold
-color info      white blue bold
+color listfocus white black
+color info      white black
 
 # keys
 bind-key i prev-dialog