diff --git a/runtime/colorschemes/simple.micro b/runtime/colorschemes/simple.micro
index dc12002e..74c71e02 100644
--- a/runtime/colorschemes/simple.micro
+++ b/runtime/colorschemes/simple.micro
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ color-link ignore "default"
 color-link error ",brightred"
 color-link todo ",brightyellow"
 color-link hlsearch "black,yellow"
+color-link statusline "black,white"
 color-link indent-char "black"
 color-link line-number "yellow"
 color-link current-line-number "red"