Index: contrib/prefstore.py
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--- contrib/prefstore.py
+++ contrib/prefstore.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         conf.defaults()
         for name in module_list():
             if not name in conf.plugins:
                 conf.add_plugin_defaults(plugin_meta(module=name), name)
         # show configwin
-        self.parent.status("Default settings restored. Press [save] to apply them, then restart Streamtuner2.")
+        self.parent.status('<span background="yellow">Default settings restored. Press [save] to apply them, then restart Streamtuner2.</span>', markup=1)
         self.parent.configwin.open(None)