diff --git a/retroshare-gui/src/qss/silvergrey.qss b/retroshare-gui/src/qss/silvergrey.qss
index 368002665..a918d220d 100644
--- a/retroshare-gui/src/qss/silvergrey.qss
+++ b/retroshare-gui/src/qss/silvergrey.qss
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ QToolBar {
                                        stop:0 #FEFEFE, stop:1 #E8E8E8);
 }
 
+QStatusBar {
+    background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,
+                                       stop:0 #FEFEFE, stop:1 #E8E8E8);
+}
+
 
 QHeaderView::section {
      background-color: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1,