diff --git a/fft.c b/fft.c
index dc6989d..0f6cf85 100644
--- a/fft.c
+++ b/fft.c
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 		for(j=0; j<(inLen/(2*(*avgLen))); j++){
 			avg += fftBuf[i+j];  		
 		}
-		fftAvg[k] = avg/(inLen/(2*(*avgLen))) - 80;
+		fftAvg[k] = avg/(inLen/(2*(*avgLen))) - 90; //the 90 is a correction for the display
 		k++;
 	}
 	return fftAvg;
diff --git a/music_visualizer.c b/music_visualizer.c
index 2606c91..95a27fa 100644
--- a/music_visualizer.c
+++ b/music_visualizer.c
@@ -26,9 +26,7 @@
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 	getmaxyx(stdscr, maxR, maxC);
-	color_set(2, NULL);
-	mvprintw(maxR/2, maxC/2, "%d %d\n", maxR, maxC);
-	refresh();
+	curs_set(0);
 	
 	while(read(fifo, (uint16_t*)buf, 2*N_SAMPLES) != 0){
 		
@@ -36,11 +34,18 @@
 		fftAvg = average_signal(fftBuf, N_SAMPLES, maxC, &avgLen);	
 		free(fftBuf);
 
+		erase();
 		for(i=0; i<avgLen; i++){
+			if(i<avgLen/3){
+				color_set(1, NULL);
+			} else if(i>avgLen*2/3){
+				color_set(2, NULL);	
+			} else {
+				color_set(3, NULL);
+			}
 			print_col(i, fftAvg[i], maxR);
 		}
 		refresh();
-		clear();
 	}
 	close(fifo);
 	delwin(mainwin);
diff --git a/utils_curses.c b/utils_curses.c
index 0ba47b9..5fb7c41 100644
--- a/utils_curses.c
+++ b/utils_curses.c
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 {
 	if(has_colors()){
 		start_color();
-
-		init_pair(1, COLOR_RED,     COLOR_BLACK);
-		init_pair(2, COLOR_GREEN,   COLOR_BLACK);
-        init_pair(3, COLOR_YELLOW,  COLOR_BLACK);
-        init_pair(4, COLOR_BLUE,    COLOR_BLACK);
-        init_pair(5, COLOR_CYAN,    COLOR_BLACK);
-        init_pair(6, COLOR_MAGENTA, COLOR_BLACK);
-        init_pair(7, COLOR_WHITE,   COLOR_BLACK);		
+		use_default_colors();
+		init_pair(1, COLOR_RED,     -1);
+		init_pair(2, COLOR_GREEN,   -1);
+        init_pair(3, COLOR_YELLOW,  -1);
+        init_pair(4, COLOR_BLUE,    -1);
+        init_pair(5, COLOR_CYAN,    -1);
+        init_pair(6, COLOR_MAGENTA, -1);
+        init_pair(7, COLOR_WHITE,   -1);		
 	}
 }