diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ChannelFeed.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ChannelFeed.cpp
index 5e441bb9a..dc36b1271 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ChannelFeed.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ChannelFeed.cpp
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ ChannelFeed::ChannelFeed(QWidget *parent)
 	item2->setFont(itemFont);
 	item3->setFont(itemFont);
 	item4->setFont(itemFont);
+		  
+  item1->setForeground(QBrush(QColor(79, 79, 79)));
+  item2->setForeground(QBrush(QColor(79, 79, 79)));
+  item3->setForeground(QBrush(QColor(79, 79, 79)));
+  item4->setForeground(QBrush(QColor(79, 79, 79)));
+
 	
 	QTimer *timer = new QTimer(this);
 	timer->connect(timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(checkUpdate()));
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.cpp b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.cpp
index 88635d66f..4f11e07bd 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.cpp
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.cpp
@@ -465,28 +465,35 @@ void ForumsDialog::insertForums()
 		}
 	}
 
+  itemFont = QFont("ARIAL", 10);
+	itemFont.setBold(true);
+	
 	/* now we can add them in as a tree! */
         QList<QTreeWidgetItem *> TopList;
         QTreeWidgetItem *item = new QTreeWidgetItem((QTreeWidget*)0);
 	item -> setText(0, tr("Your Forums"));
+	item -> setFont(0,itemFont);
 	item -> setIcon(0,(QIcon(IMAGE_FOLDER)));
 	item -> addChildren(AdminList);
 	TopList.append(item);
 
         item = new QTreeWidgetItem((QTreeWidget*)0);
 	item -> setText(0, tr("Subscribed Forums"));
+	item -> setFont(0,itemFont);
 	item -> setIcon(0,(QIcon(IMAGE_FOLDERRED)));
 	item -> addChildren(SubList);
 	TopList.append(item);
 
         item = new QTreeWidgetItem((QTreeWidget*)0);
 	item -> setText(0, tr("Popular Forums"));
+	item -> setFont(0,itemFont);
 	item -> setIcon(0,(QIcon(IMAGE_FOLDERGREEN)));
 	item -> addChildren(PopList);
 	TopList.append(item);
 
         item = new QTreeWidgetItem((QTreeWidget*)0);
 	item -> setText(0, tr("Other Forums"));
+	item -> setFont(0,itemFont);
 	item -> setIcon(0,(QIcon(IMAGE_FOLDERYELLOW)));
 	item -> addChildren(OtherList);
 	TopList.append(item);
diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.h b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.h
index a5abde3b3..7b27cb283 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.h
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/gui/ForumsDialog.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ private:
   std::string mCurrPostId;
   
   QFont mForumNameFont;
+  QFont itemFont;
 
   /** Qt Designer generated object */
   Ui::ForumsDialog ui;