diff --git a/config/dwm/config.def.h b/config/dwm/config.def.h
index a7d81396..63dc8d26 100644
--- a/config/dwm/config.def.h
+++ b/config/dwm/config.def.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static const char col_red2[]        = "#830202";
 static const char col_red3[]        = "#aa1212";
 static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
-	[SchemeNorm] = { col_white1, col_gray1, col_red2},
+	[SchemeNorm] = { col_white1, col_black1, col_red2},
 	[SchemeSel]  = { col_white1, col_red,  col_red3},
 };
 
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ static const Layout layouts[] = {
 #define SHCMD(cmd) { .v = (const char*[]){ "/bin/sh", "-c", cmd, NULL } }
 
 /* commands */
-//static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
-//static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
+static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn() */
+static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", NULL };
 static const char *roficmd[] = { "rofi", "-show-icons", "-show", "drun", NULL};
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "kitty", NULL };