diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index f8e8832..9164f49 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+1.0b4 (unreleased)
+------------------
+
+- If we set background to 'white' we should set foreground to 'black' to avoid
+  people getting white font on white background if they use white font color
+  for their plone sites.  [saily]
+
+
 1.0b3 (2013-02-04)
 ------------------
 
diff --git a/plone/formwidget/querystring/querywidget.css b/plone/formwidget/querystring/querywidget.css
index b60d73d..5a3c028 100644
--- a/plone/formwidget/querystring/querywidget.css
+++ b/plone/formwidget/querystring/querywidget.css
@@ -69,11 +69,12 @@ dl.multipleSelectionWidget,
 }
 .multipleSelectionWidget dd {
     width: 198px;
-    background: white;
+    background: #FFF;
     overflow:auto;
 }
 .multipleSelectionWidget label {
     display: block;
+    color: #000;
 }
 .querywidget {
     float: left;
@@ -105,4 +106,4 @@ dl.querywidget dd {
    have the highest priority. */
 .multipleSelectionWidget .hiddenStructure {
    display: none !important;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2966d2b..302d0f1 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-version = '1.0b3'
+version = '1.0b4'
 
 long_description = open("README.rst").read() + "\n" + \
     open("CHANGES.rst").read()