diff --git a/pages/gb.vue b/pages/gb.vue
index a656cc24b19a70888c533d1ac288ba5943d07cb5..af290a18789dd174dc4fed66b3a594304d883c76 100644
--- a/pages/gb.vue
+++ b/pages/gb.vue
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ function drawGenes(genesSelection) {
                     .classed("gene", true);
                 g.append("path")
                 g.append("text")
+                    .attr("fill", "white")
                 g.append("title")
             },
             update => {