diff --git a/.config/newsbeuter/config b/.config/newsbeuter/config
index a4255c3..b3c6c89 100644
--- a/.config/newsbeuter/config
+++ b/.config/newsbeuter/config
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ html-renderer             "w3m -dump -T text/HTML -cols 80"
 text-width                80
 
 # colors
-color listfocus default color0 bold
+color listfocus default red bold
 color info      color0  white
 
 # highlight