diff --git a/rogueviz.cpp b/rogueviz.cpp
index bdcc549d..eb29029d 100644
--- a/rogueviz.cpp
+++ b/rogueviz.cpp
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void storeall(int from) {
       vdata[i].m->store();
   }
 
-int dftcolor = 0x282828FF;
+colorpair dftcolor = 0x282828FF;
 
 namespace spiral {
 
@@ -1461,7 +1461,8 @@ void drawExtra() {
       bool draw = true;
       for(int i=0; i<isize(named); i++) if(named[i] == c) draw = false;
       if(draw && gmatrix.count(c))
-        queuepolyat(it->second, shDisk, dftcolor, PPR::LINE);
+        queuedisk(it->second, dftcolor, false, NULL);
+        // queuepolyat(it->second, shDisk, dftcolor., PPR::LINE);
       }
     
     for(int i=0; i<isize(named); i++) if(gmatrix.count(named[i])) {
@@ -1621,7 +1622,7 @@ int readArgs() {
 // options before reading
   if(0) ;
   else if(argis("-dftcolor")) {
-    shift(); dftcolor = arghex();
+    shift(); dftcolor = parse(args());
     }  
 
 // tree visualizer (e.g. Tree of Life)
diff --git a/rogueviz.h b/rogueviz.h
index 4994b784..8c1f7559 100644
--- a/rogueviz.h
+++ b/rogueviz.h
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ namespace rogueviz {
     void run_snub(int v, int w);
     }
 
-  extern int dftcolor;
+  extern colorpair dftcolor;
   namespace collatz { extern double s2, s3, p2, p3; void start(); }
   namespace tree { void read(string fn); }
   namespace sag { extern ld edgepower, edgemul;