diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
index e026f4b87..aa9c0ba87 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.cpp
@@ -1260,6 +1260,7 @@ void MessagesDialog::updateMessageSummaryList()
 		qf.setBold(true);
 		item->setFont(qf);
 		item->setIcon(QIcon(":/images/folder-inbox-new.png"));
+		item->setForeground(QBrush(QColor(49, 106, 197)));
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -1270,7 +1271,8 @@ void MessagesDialog::updateMessageSummaryList()
 		QFont qf = item->font();
 		qf.setBold(false);
 		item->setFont(qf);
-   		item->setIcon(QIcon(":/images/folder-inbox.png"));	
+		item->setIcon(QIcon(":/images/folder-inbox.png"));
+		item->setForeground(QBrush(QColor(0, 0, 0)));	
 	}
 	
 	if(newOutboxCount != 0)
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
index 1302f7d51..2cfd1c138 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/MessagesDialog.ui
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ border-image: url(:/images/closepressed.png)
       <property name="gridSize">
        <size>
         <width>100</width>
-        <height>16</height>
+        <height>18</height>
        </size>
       </property>
       <property name="modelColumn">