diff --git a/applications/examples/views/layout.html b/applications/examples/views/layout.html
index e8beb083..6026ddea 100644
--- a/applications/examples/views/layout.html
+++ b/applications/examples/views/layout.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <link href="{{=URL('static','css/web2py.css')}}" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/font-awesome/4.5.0/css/font-awesome.min.css">
     <style>
-      th {color: black}
+      th, td {color: black!important}
       tbody tr:hover {background-color:transparent}
       tbody tr {border-bottom: none}
       p {text-align: left}