diff --git a/src/musikbox/app/window/CategoryListView.cpp b/src/musikbox/app/window/CategoryListView.cpp
index ffb4e4075..444a14cf7 100755
--- a/src/musikbox/app/window/CategoryListView.cpp
+++ b/src/musikbox/app/window/CategoryListView.cpp
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ IScrollAdapter::EntryPtr CategoryListView::Adapter::GetEntry(size_t index) {
             attrs = COLOR_PAIR(CURSESPP_BLACK_ON_YELLOW);
         }
         else {
-            attrs = COLOR_PAIR(CURSESPP_YELLOW_ON_TRANSPARENT) | A_BOLD;
+            attrs = COLOR_PAIR(CURSESPP_SELECTED_LIST_ITEM) | A_BOLD;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/musikbox/app/window/TrackListView.cpp b/src/musikbox/app/window/TrackListView.cpp
index 4bb0a9e08..739c6a692 100755
--- a/src/musikbox/app/window/TrackListView.cpp
+++ b/src/musikbox/app/window/TrackListView.cpp
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ IScrollAdapter::EntryPtr TrackListView::Adapter::GetEntry(size_t index) {
             attrs = COLOR_PAIR(CURSESPP_BLACK_ON_YELLOW);
         }
         else {
-            attrs = COLOR_PAIR(CURSESPP_YELLOW_ON_TRANSPARENT) | A_BOLD;
+            attrs = COLOR_PAIR(CURSESPP_SELECTED_LIST_ITEM) | A_BOLD;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/musikbox/app/window/TransportWindow.cpp b/src/musikbox/app/window/TransportWindow.cpp
index 8f6e6e2bd..374b72da5 100755
--- a/src/musikbox/app/window/TransportWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/musikbox/app/window/TransportWindow.cpp
@@ -347,9 +347,9 @@ void TransportWindow::Update() {
     /* calculating playback time is inexact because it's based on buffers that
     are sent to the output. here we use a simple smoothing function to hopefully
     mitigate jumping around. basically: draw the time as one second more than the
-    last time we displayed, unless they are more than a second apart. note this
+    last time we displayed, unless they are more than few seconds apart. note this
     only works if REFRESH_INTERVAL_MS is 1000. */
-    double smoothedTime = this->lastTime += 1.0f;
+    double smoothedTime = this->lastTime += 1.0f; /* 1000 millis */
     double actualTime = transport.Position();
 
     if (paused || stopped || fabs(smoothedTime - actualTime) > TIME_SLOP) {
diff --git a/src/musikbox/cursespp/Colors.cpp b/src/musikbox/cursespp/Colors.cpp
index 29a98c6eb..1da97a08f 100755
--- a/src/musikbox/cursespp/Colors.cpp
+++ b/src/musikbox/cursespp/Colors.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int red = COLOR_RED;
 static int yellow = COLOR_YELLOW;
 static int green = COLOR_GREEN;
 static int black = COLOR_BLACK;
-static int background = -1;
+
 
 #define COLOR_CUSTOM_WHITE 16
 #define COLOR_CUSTOM_BLUE 17
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ static int background = -1;
 #define COLOR_CUSTOM_YELLOW 19
 #define COLOR_CUSTOM_GREEN 20
 #define COLOR_CUSTOM_BLACK 21
+#define COLOR_SELECTED_LIST_ITEM_BG 22
+
+static int background = -1;
+static int selected = -1;
 
 #define SCALE(x) ((x * 1000) / 255)
 
@@ -73,6 +77,7 @@ void Colors::Init() {
         red = initColor(COLOR_CUSTOM_RED, 220, 82, 86);
         green = initColor(COLOR_CUSTOM_GREEN, 166, 226, 46);
         yellow = initColor(COLOR_CUSTOM_YELLOW, 230, 220, 116);
+        selected = initColor(COLOR_SELECTED_LIST_ITEM_BG, 66, 66, 56);
     }
 
     init_pair(CURSESPP_WHITE_ON_BLUE, white, blue);
@@ -88,4 +93,5 @@ void Colors::Init() {
     init_pair(CURSESPP_BLACK_ON_TRANSPARENT, black, background);
     init_pair(CURSESPP_RED_ON_GREEN, red, green);
     init_pair(CURSESPP_BLACK_ON_YELLOW, black, yellow);
+    init_pair(CURSESPP_SELECTED_LIST_ITEM, yellow, selected);
 }
diff --git a/src/musikbox/cursespp/Colors.h b/src/musikbox/cursespp/Colors.h
index b03291151..75b60b5aa 100755
--- a/src/musikbox/cursespp/Colors.h
+++ b/src/musikbox/cursespp/Colors.h
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 #define CURSESPP_BLACK_ON_TRANSPARENT 11
 #define CURSESPP_RED_ON_GREEN 12
 #define CURSESPP_BLACK_ON_YELLOW 13
+#define CURSESPP_SELECTED_LIST_ITEM 14
 
 namespace cursespp {
     class Colors {