diff --git a/.config/polybar/config b/.config/polybar/config
index df65d5f9..ed1496db 100644
--- a/.config/polybar/config
+++ b/.config/polybar/config
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ label-urgent-font = 2
 
 label-empty = ${self.label-focused}
 label-empty-padding = ${res/config.padding}
-label-empty-foreground = ${res/colors.background-alt}
+label-empty-foreground = ${res/colors.foreground-dark}
 label-empty-font = 3
 
 [module/cpu]