diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/default/common.tpl b/phpgwapi/templates/default/common.tpl
index c5f46c6f50..282f8f81d7 100644
--- a/phpgwapi/templates/default/common.tpl
+++ b/phpgwapi/templates/default/common.tpl
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 <!-- END msgbox_start -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN msgbox_row -->
-<TR><TD bgcolor="{msgbox_row_color}"><img src="{msgbox_img}" ALT="{msgbox_img_alt}"> {msgbox_text}</TD></TR>
+<TR><TD bgcolor="white"><img src="{msgbox_img}" ALT="{msgbox_img_alt}"> {msgbox_text}</TD></TR>
 <!-- END msgbox_row -->
 
 <!-- BEGIN msgbox_end -->
diff --git a/phpgwapi/templates/idsociety/navbar.tpl b/phpgwapi/templates/idsociety/navbar.tpl
index d97b40d572..6009a1139b 100755
--- a/phpgwapi/templates/idsociety/navbar.tpl
+++ b/phpgwapi/templates/idsociety/navbar.tpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   the margin items could be merged into head, as head already supplies some
   the variables for onLoad are set in navbar -->
 
-<table border="0" width="100%" height="%95" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+<table border="0" width="100%" height="%98" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
 	<tr>
 		<!-- top row back images are 58px high, but the row may be smaller than that -->
 		<!-- row 2 images are 15 px high, so this table with these 2 rows is 58 plus 15 equals 73px high  -->