diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d5863fbe0..f9ac6e548 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 ## 0.4.1 (unreleased)
 
+BUG FIXES:
 
+* core: Don't change background color on CLI anymore, making things look
+  a tad nicer in some terminals.
 
 ## 0.4.0 (November 19, 2013)
 
diff --git a/packer/ui.go b/packer/ui.go
index 8ede82703..e0a4685ce 100644
--- a/packer/ui.go
+++ b/packer/ui.go
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func (u *ColoredUi) colorize(message string, color UiColor, bold bool) string {
 		attr = 1
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("\033[%d;%d;40m%s\033[0m", attr, color, message)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("\033[%d;%dm%s\033[0m", attr, color, message)
 }
 
 func (u *ColoredUi) supportsColors() bool {
diff --git a/packer/ui_test.go b/packer/ui_test.go
index c8168a19e..c411eb0e5 100644
--- a/packer/ui_test.go
+++ b/packer/ui_test.go
@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@ func TestColoredUi(t *testing.T) {
 
 	ui.Say("foo")
 	result := readWriter(bufferUi)
-	if result != "\033[1;33;40mfoo\033[0m\n" {
+	if result != "\033[1;33mfoo\033[0m\n" {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid output: %s", result)
 	}
 
 	ui.Message("foo")
 	result = readWriter(bufferUi)
-	if result != "\033[0;33;40mfoo\033[0m\n" {
+	if result != "\033[0;33mfoo\033[0m\n" {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid output: %s", result)
 	}
 
 	ui.Error("foo")
 	result = readWriter(bufferUi)
-	if result != "\033[1;31;40mfoo\033[0m\n" {
+	if result != "\033[1;31mfoo\033[0m\n" {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid output: %s", result)
 	}
 }