Index: config.py
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--- config.py
+++ config.py
@@ -151,10 +151,11 @@
         self.window_title = 0
         self.google_homepage = 0
         self.open_mode = "r" if self.windows and PY2 else "rt"
         self.pyquery = 1
         self.debug = 0
+        self.status_color = "#ffeecc"
 
     # update old setting names
     def migrate(self):
         # 2.1.7
         if self.tmp == "/tmp":