diff --git a/cfg/conf.ini b/cfg/conf.ini
index e37f8796..1819c112 100644
--- a/cfg/conf.ini
+++ b/cfg/conf.ini
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 opendiscussion = false
 
 ; enable or disable syntax highlighting
-syntaxhighlighting = true
+syntaxhighlighting = false
 
 ; preselect the burn-after-reading feature by default
 burnafterreadingselected = false
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ template = "page"
 [expire]
 ; expire value that is selected per default
 ; make sure the value exists in [expire_options]
-default = "1month"
+default = "1week"
 
 [expire_options]
 ; Set each one of these to the number of seconds in the expiration period,
diff --git a/css/zerobin.css b/css/zerobin.css
index e06812af..0e905edb 100644
--- a/css/zerobin.css
+++ b/css/zerobin.css
@@ -383,5 +383,6 @@ img.vizhash {
 }
 
 #prettyprint {
+	color: #000000;
 	font-size: 1.2em;
 }