seamus

diff --git a/include/seamus.h b/include/seamus.h
index 01ae0a2df5371ae4047dec407f6e1843ec6f8c93..a2bea3e920ef1ec73358b62d2ad2ebdb05beddea 100644
--- a/include/seamus.h
+++ b/include/seamus.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ 	Tickit *t;
 
 	TickitPen *scrolling_pen;
 	TickitPen *playing_pen;
+	TickitPen *dim_pen;
 };
 
 int seamus_init(struct seamus_frontend *s);




diff --git a/src/ui.c b/src/ui.c
index 70f2e6d27a4e24dd90690c8c97c7d77af5b143b1..280a1e8bddc485ae0cffce3c3a683ad23095bf9d 100644
--- a/src/ui.c
+++ b/src/ui.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 int
 tickit_init(struct seamus_frontend *s)
 {
-
 	Tickit *t = tickit_new_stdtty();
 	TickitWindow *root = tickit_get_rootwin(t);
 
@@ -58,6 +57,11 @@ 	);
 
 	s->playing_pen = tickit_pen_new_attrs(
 		TICKIT_PEN_BOLD, 1,
+		0
+	);
+
+	s->dim_pen = tickit_pen_new_attrs(
+		TICKIT_PEN_FG, 8,
 		0
 	);