diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
index dd8f490bc..3b56a9a3c 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.cpp
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
         {
             CGuiApplication::registerMetadata();
             CApplication::init(false); // base class without metadata
+            CGuiApplication::adjustPalette();
             this->setWindowIcon(icon);
             this->settingsChanged();
             sGui = this;
@@ -665,4 +666,16 @@ namespace BlackGui
     {
         this->checkNewVersion(false);
     }
+
+    void CGuiApplication::adjustPalette()
+    {
+        // only way to change link color
+        // https://stackoverflow.com/q/5497799/356726
+        // Ref T84
+        QPalette newPalette(qApp->palette());
+        const QColor linkColor(135, 206, 250);
+        newPalette.setColor(QPalette::Link, linkColor);
+        newPalette.setColor(QPalette::LinkVisited, linkColor);
+        qApp->setPalette(newPalette);
+    }
 } // ns
diff --git a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.h b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.h
index a9daf48e1..203feb246 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/guiapplication.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/guiapplication.h
@@ -229,6 +229,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         //! Check new from menu
         void checkNewVersionMenu();
+
+        //! Fix the palette for better readibility
+        void adjustPalette();
     };
 } // ns
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/share/qss/stdwidget.qss b/src/blackgui/share/qss/stdwidget.qss
index e857f8a00..ebf8c8604 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/share/qss/stdwidget.qss
+++ b/src/blackgui/share/qss/stdwidget.qss
@@ -534,8 +534,10 @@ QTableView, QTreeView, QListView {
   padding:0px;
 }
 
+/** explicitly setting font color avoids black when pressing CTRL-S **/
 QTableView::item:selected {
   background-color: blue;
+  color: white;
 }
 
 QTreeView {
diff --git a/src/blackgui/share/qss/swiftlauncher.qss b/src/blackgui/share/qss/swiftlauncher.qss
index 2d4fd59d2..ebf7e5b7a 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/share/qss/swiftlauncher.qss
+++ b/src/blackgui/share/qss/swiftlauncher.qss
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-/** Works around two issues on Mac OS
-      1. The launcher dialog was entirely transparent
-      2. Transparency caused the QToolBox labels to be broken
-*/
+/**
+Works around two issues on Mac OS
+ 1. The launcher dialog was entirely transparent
+ 2. Transparency caused the QToolBox labels to be broken
+**/
 QStackedWidget#sw_SwiftLauncher {
   background-image: url(:/textures/icons/textures/texture-inner.jpg);
 }