diff --git a/rc/status b/rc/status
index 07396f78..d6b1a587 100644
--- a/rc/status
+++ b/rc/status
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ xwrite() {
 
 wmiir remove /bar/status 2>/dev/null && sleep 2
 wmiir create /bar/status
-xwrite /bar/status/colors $WMII_SELCOLORS
+xwrite /bar/status/colors $WMII_NORMCOLORS
 
 while xwrite /bar/status/data `date` `uptime | sed 's/.*://; s/,//g'`
 do