diff --git a/drw.c b/drw.c
index 8fd1ca4..490a592 100644
--- a/drw.c
+++ b/drw.c
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ drw_clr_create(Drw *drw, Clr *dest, const char *clrname)
 	                       DefaultColormap(drw->dpy, drw->screen),
 	                       clrname, dest))
 		die("error, cannot allocate color '%s'", clrname);
+
+	dest->pixel |= 0xff << 24;
 }
 
 /* Wrapper to create color schemes. The caller has to call free(3) on the
diff --git a/drw.o b/drw.o
index 2b2a07f..278ac24 100644
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diff --git a/dwm b/dwm
index 0c4f7a4..4b1a087 100755
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