diff --git a/src/gui/EnterNameDlg.hx b/src/gui/EnterNameDlg.hx
index 57e5143e..a38f9ac0 100644
--- a/src/gui/EnterNameDlg.hx
+++ b/src/gui/EnterNameDlg.hx
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ class EnterNameDlg extends GuiControl {
 		this.addChild(dlg);
 
 		var enterNameEdit = new GuiTextInput(domcasual32);
+		enterNameEdit.text.textColor = 0;
+		enterNameEdit.text.selectionColor.setColor(0xFFFFFFFF);
+		enterNameEdit.text.selectionTile = h2d.Tile.fromColor(0x808080, 0, hxd.Math.ceil(enterNameEdit.text.font.lineHeight));
 		enterNameEdit.position = new Vector(87, 136);
 		enterNameEdit.extent = new Vector(255, 36);
 		enterNameEdit.text.text = Settings.highscoreName;
diff --git a/src/gui/GuiTextInput.hx b/src/gui/GuiTextInput.hx
index 75b76146..c54b293c 100644
--- a/src/gui/GuiTextInput.hx
+++ b/src/gui/GuiTextInput.hx
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class GuiTextInput extends GuiControl {
 	public function new(font:h2d.Font) {
 		super();
 		this.text = new TextInput(font);
-		this.text.textColor = 0;
+		// this.text.textColor = 0;
 	}
 
 	public override function render(scene2d:Scene) {