diff --git a/classes/Design.php b/classes/Design.php
index 9bfdcd1c35..f4128ee396 100644
--- a/classes/Design.php
+++ b/classes/Design.php
@@ -65,9 +65,9 @@ class Design extends Memcached_DataObject
         }
 
         $out->element('style', array('type' => 'text/css'),
-                      'body { background-color: #' . $bgcolor->hexValue() . '} '."\n".
-                      '#content { background-color #' . $ccolor->hexValue() . '} '."\n".
-                      '#aside_primary { background-color #'. $sbcolor->hexValue() .'} '."\n".
+                      'html, body { background-color: #' . $bgcolor->hexValue() . '} '."\n".
+                      '#content { background-color: #' . $ccolor->hexValue() . '} '."\n".
+                      '#aside_primary { background-color: #'. $sbcolor->hexValue() .'} '."\n".
                       'html body { color: #'. $tcolor->hexValue() .'} '."\n".
                       'a { color: #' . $lcolor->hexValue() . '} '."\n");
     }