diff --git a/src/libgui/ProjectPanel_file_ops.cpp b/src/libgui/ProjectPanel_file_ops.cpp
index 7b1cb79f2..984326f62 100644
--- a/src/libgui/ProjectPanel_file_ops.cpp
+++ b/src/libgui/ProjectPanel_file_ops.cpp
@@ -1048,6 +1048,12 @@ bool ProjectPanel::loadFromRCS(RCS *_rcs)
         objdb->load( Constants::getStandardObjectsFilePath(),
                      &upgrade_predicate, Constants::getDTDDirectory());
         objdb->setFileName("");
+        if ( qGray(palette().color(QPalette::Window).rgba()) < 100) {
+            FWObject *stdLib = objdb->findObjectByName(Library::TYPENAME, "Standard");
+            stdLib->setReadOnly(false);
+            stdLib->setStr("color", "#0a0f1f");
+            objdb->setDirty(false);
+        }
 
 // objects from a data file are in database ndb