diff --git a/gui/itemStats.py b/gui/itemStats.py
index 3aaab545e..5ff4afa78 100644
--- a/gui/itemStats.py
+++ b/gui/itemStats.py
@@ -185,11 +185,14 @@ class ItemDescription ( wx.Panel ):
mainSizer = wx.BoxSizer(wx.VERTICAL)
self.SetSizer(mainSizer)
+ bgcolor = wx.SystemSettings_GetColour(wx.SYS_COLOUR_WINDOW)
+ fgcolor = wx.SystemSettings_GetColour(wx.SYS_COLOUR_WINDOWTEXT)
self.description = wx.html.HtmlWindow(self)
desc = item.description.replace("\r","
")
desc = re.sub("<( *)font( *)color( *)=(.*)>", "", desc)
desc = re.sub("<( *)/( *)font( *)>","", desc)
+ desc = "" + desc + ""
self.description.SetPage(desc)