diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
index 7bc172d6f..c0db15894 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.cpp
@@ -200,11 +200,15 @@ drawBackgroundAndNumbers( QPainter* painter, const QString& text, const QRect& f
 
 
 void
-drawQueryBackground( QPainter* p, const QPalette& palette, const QRect& r, qreal lightnessFactor )
+drawQueryBackground( QPainter* p, const QRect& r )
 {
-    p->setPen( palette.highlight().color().lighter( lightnessFactor * 100 ) );
-    p->setBrush( palette.highlight().color().lighter( lightnessFactor * 100 ) );
+    p->save();
+
+    p->setPen( Colors::SELECTION_BACKGROUND );
+    p->setBrush( Colors::SELECTION_BACKGROUND );
     p->drawRoundedRect( r, 4.0, 4.0 );
+
+    p->restore();
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.h b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.h
index 206a016cd..5544a2ee1 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/utils/TomahawkUtilsGui.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class QScrollBar;
 
 namespace TomahawkUtils
 {
-    DLLEXPORT void drawQueryBackground( QPainter* p, const QPalette& palette, const QRect& r, qreal lightnessFactor = 1 );
+    DLLEXPORT void drawQueryBackground( QPainter* p, const QRect& r );
     DLLEXPORT QWidget* tomahawkWindow();
     /// Platform-specific bringing tomahawk mainwindow to front, b/c qt's activate() and such don't seem to work well enough for us
     DLLEXPORT void bringToFront();
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ namespace TomahawkUtils
         static const QColor GROUP_HEADER = QColor( "#637180" );
         static const QColor NOW_PLAYING_ITEM = QColor( "#962c26" );
         static const QColor NOW_PLAYING_ITEM_TEXT = QColor( "#ffffff" );
+        static const QColor SELECTION_BACKGROUND = QColor( "#962c26" );
+        static const QColor SELECTION_FOREGROUND = QColor( "#ffffff" );
     }
 
     static const int POPUP_ROUNDING_RADIUS = 6;