diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index d4fcda3..edf94c5 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ static const unsigned int HL_STRING_COLOR    = 116;
 static const unsigned int HL_COMMENT_COLOR   = 243;
 static const unsigned int HL_KEYWORD1_COLOR  =  69;
 static const unsigned int HL_KEYWORD2_COLOR  = 167;
-static const unsigned int HL_DEFAULT_COLOR   = 229; 
+static const unsigned int HL_DEFAULT_COLOR   = 229;
diff --git a/hermes.c b/hermes.c
index 3888b72..16264ca 100644
--- a/hermes.c
+++ b/hermes.c
@@ -690,6 +690,9 @@ void editorDrawRows(struct abuf *ab) {
   int y;
   for (y = 0; y < E.screenRows; y++) {
     int filerow = y + E.rowoff;
+    char cbuf[16];
+    int cbuflen = snprintf(cbuf, sizeof(cbuf), "\033[38;5;%dm", HL_DEFAULT_COLOR);
+    abAppend(ab, cbuf, cbuflen);
     if (filerow >= E.numRows) {
       if (E.numRows == 0 && y == E.screenRows / 3) {
         char welcome[80];
@@ -767,6 +770,12 @@ void editorDrawRows(struct abuf *ab) {
 }
 
 void editorDrawStatusBar(struct abuf *ab) {
+  char bgcolor[16];
+  int bglen = sprintf(bgcolor, "\033[48;5;%dm", EDITOR_BG_COLOR);
+  char fgcolor[16];
+  int fglen = snprintf(fgcolor, sizeof(fgcolor), "\033[38;5;%dm", HL_DEFAULT_COLOR);
+  abAppend(ab, fgcolor, fglen);
+  abAppend(ab, bgcolor, bglen);
   abAppend(ab, "\033[7m", 4);
   char status[80], rstatus[80];
 
@@ -799,14 +808,18 @@ void editorDrawStatusBar(struct abuf *ab) {
     }
   }
   abAppend(ab, "\033[m", 4);
-  char bgcolor[16];
-  int bglen = sprintf(bgcolor, "\033[48;5;%dm", EDITOR_BG_COLOR);
   abAppend(ab, bgcolor, bglen);
   abAppend(ab, "\r\n", 2);
 }
 
 void editorDrawMsgBar(struct abuf *ab) {
   abAppend(ab, "\033[K", 3);
+  char bgcolor[16];
+  int bglen = sprintf(bgcolor, "\033[48;5;%dm", EDITOR_BG_COLOR);
+  char fgcolor[16];
+  int fglen = snprintf(fgcolor, sizeof(fgcolor), "\033[38;5;%dm", HL_DEFAULT_COLOR);
+  abAppend(ab, fgcolor, fglen);
+  abAppend(ab, bgcolor, bglen);
   int msglen = strlen(E.statusmsg);
   if (msglen > E.screenCols) msglen = E.screenCols;
   if (msglen && time(NULL) - E.statusmsg_time < 5)
diff --git a/syntaxhl.h b/syntaxhl.h
index 1554483..8b2b96a 100644
--- a/syntaxhl.h
+++ b/syntaxhl.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ char *SH_HL_extensions[] = {".sh", NULL};
 char *HTML_HL_extensions[] = {".html", ".html", NULL};
 char *PHP_HL_extensions[] = {".php", NULL};
 char *LUA_HL_extensions[] = {".lua", NULL};
+char *MAN_HL_extensions[] = {".1", ".2", ".3", ".4", ".5", ".6", ".7", ".8", ".man", ".mdoc", ".1b", ".mandoc", NULL};
 
 
 // 2. Create a list of keywords. Keywords that end in "|" will be given
@@ -100,6 +101,15 @@ char *LUA_HL_keywords[] = {
   "local|", "not|", "in|", "break|", NULL
 };
 
+// Man pages (covers some basic macros)
+char *MAN_HL_keywords[] = {
+  ".cc", ".SH", ".B", ".RB", ".RI", ".IR", ".P", ".nr", ".br", "\\P|", 
+  ".RS", ".RE", ".TA", ".DS", ".LD", ".DE", ".ID", ".De", ".CD", 
+  ".BE", ".KS", ".KE", ".KF", ".B1", ".B2", ".FS", ".FE", ".OH", ".EH", 
+  ".OF", ".EF", ".PT", ".HD", ".BT", ".TH", ".nf", ".fam", ".fi",
+  ".TP", NULL
+};
+
 static struct editorSyntax HLDB[] = {
 // 3. Add an entry to the editorSyndax db (this var). 
 //    See the C example comments for what each array member
@@ -167,6 +177,15 @@ static struct editorSyntax HLDB[] = {
     "]]",
     LUA_HL_keywords,
     HL_HIGHLIGHT_NUMBERS | HL_HIGHLIGHT_STRINGS
+  },
+  {
+    "man/*roff",
+    MAN_HL_extensions,
+    "\\#",
+    ".ig",
+    ".end",
+    MAN_HL_keywords,
+    HL_HIGHLIGHT_STRINGS
   }
 };