diff --git a/extension.js b/extension.js
index 5995e8a..e565ce3 100644
--- a/extension.js
+++ b/extension.js
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ class Indicator extends PanelMenu.Button {
             serverBox.add_child(name_box);
 
 	    let warning_box = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'monito-warning-box monito-box' });
+            warning_box.set_style ( 'background-color: ' + _account_settings.get_string ( 'warning-color' ) );
 	    this.warningBoxes [ _server ] = new St.Label({ text: String(_status['WARNING']) })
             warning_box.add_child ( this.warningBoxes [ _server ] );
             serverBox.add_child(warning_box);
 
             let critical_box = new St.BoxLayout({ style_class: 'monito-critical-box monito-box' });
+            critical_box.set_style ( 'background-color: ' + _account_settings.get_string ( 'critical-color' ) );
 	    this.criticalBoxes [ _server ] = new St.Label({ text: String(_status['CRITICAL']) })
             critical_box.add_child ( this.criticalBoxes [ _server ] );
             serverBox.add_child(critical_box);
diff --git a/prefs.js b/prefs.js
index 340573a..fe1df32 100644
--- a/prefs.js
+++ b/prefs.js
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ const prefs = [ { type: Gtk.Entry,		label: _('Name'),	key: 'name' },
 function init() {
     log('initializing ${Me.metadata.name} Preferences');
     this.settings = ExtensionUtils.getSettings(SETTINGS_SCHEMA);
+    log ( Me );
+    log ( Me._indicator );
 }
 
 
@@ -270,7 +272,7 @@ function activateAccountRow ( ) {
             _color.parse (_account_settings.get_string(prefEntry.key) );
             this.prefWidgets[prefEntry.key].set_use_alpha ( false );
             this.prefWidgets[prefEntry.key].set_rgba ( _color );
-            this.prefWidgets[prefEntry.key].connect('color-set', Lang.bind ( { key: prefEntry.key }, setColor ) );
+            this.prefWidgets[prefEntry.key].connect('color-set', Lang.bind ( { key: prefEntry.key, settings: _account_settings }, setColor ) );
         }
 	else if ( prefEntry.type == Gtk.ComboBoxText )
 	{
@@ -344,5 +346,6 @@ function setColor ( color )
         255 * color.get_rgba().red,
         255 * color.get_rgba().green,
         255 * color.get_rgba().blue );
-    _account_settings.set_string('' + this.key, _output);
+    this.settings.set_string('' + this.key, _output);
+
 }