diff --git a/displaytext.cpp b/displaytext.cpp
index 8d9b1dd30..0fa3682d7 100644
--- a/displaytext.cpp
+++ b/displaytext.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ void DisplayText::displayDecodedText(DecodedText const& decodedText, QString con
                                      bool bCQonly)
 {
   m_bPrincipalPrefix=ppfx;
-  QColor bg {Qt::white};
+  QColor bg {Qt::transparent};
   bool CQcall = false;
   if (decodedText.string ().contains (" CQ ")
       || decodedText.string ().contains (" CQDX ")
diff --git a/mainwindow.cpp b/mainwindow.cpp
index bed4f8ad1..152306539 100644
--- a/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -4682,7 +4682,7 @@ void MainWindow::msgtype(QString t, QLineEdit* tx)               //msgtype()
     if(shortMsg) {
       p.setColor(QPalette::Base,"#66ffff");
     } else {
-      p.setColor(QPalette::Base,Qt::white);
+      p.setColor(QPalette::Base,Qt::transparent);
       if(m_mode=="MSK144" and t.mid(0,1)=="<") {
         p.setColor(QPalette::Base,"#00ffff");
       }