diff --git a/helper/styles.py b/helper/styles.py
index 0cb99fd..1d2cf50 100644
--- a/helper/styles.py
+++ b/helper/styles.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 MAIN_WINDOW_STYLE = """
     QMainWindow {
         background-color: #f0f0f0;
+        color: #333333;
     }
 """
 
@@ -148,6 +149,7 @@
 COMBOBOX_STYLE = """
     QComboBox {
         background-color: white;
+        color: #333333;
         border: 1px solid #ccc;
         border-radius: 4px;
         padding: 4px 8px;
@@ -335,7 +337,7 @@ def get_tactic_header_style(bg_color):
 HTML_SUCCESS_COLOR = "#28a745"
 
 # System type / inputs
-INPUT_LINE_STYLE = "padding: 8px; font-size: 11pt; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 4px;"
+INPUT_LINE_STYLE = "padding: 8px; font-size: 11pt; border: 1px solid #ccc; border-radius: 4px; color: #333333; background-color: #ffffff;"
 
 # Knowledge Base (KB) resources - shared text/tree/detail styles
 TEXT_EDIT_KB_DETAIL_DIALOG = """
diff --git a/kanvas.py b/kanvas.py
index 1e19679..2ef8137 100644
--- a/kanvas.py
+++ b/kanvas.py
@@ -101,6 +101,25 @@ def helpEvent(self, event, view, option, index):
 class MainApp:
     def __init__(self):
         self.app = QApplication(sys.argv)
+        self.app.setStyle("Fusion")
+        
+        from PySide6.QtGui import QPalette
+        palette = QPalette()
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.Window, QColor(240, 240, 240))
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.WindowText, Qt.black)
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.Base, QColor(255, 255, 255))
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.AlternateBase, QColor(240, 240, 240))
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.ToolTipBase, Qt.white)
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.ToolTipText, Qt.black)
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.Text, Qt.black)
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.Button, QColor(240, 240, 240))
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.ButtonText, Qt.black)
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.BrightText, Qt.red)
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.Link, QColor(42, 130, 218))
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.Highlight, QColor(42, 130, 218))
+        palette.setColor(QPalette.HighlightedText, Qt.white)
+        self.app.setPalette(palette)
+
         logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s', filename='kanvas.log')
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         image_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)), "images")
@@ -2223,4 +2242,4 @@ def application_cleanup(self):
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main_app = MainApp()
-    sys.exit(main_app.run())
\ No newline at end of file
+    sys.exit(main_app.run())