diff --git a/cscweb.xsl b/cscweb.xsl
index 7c91f81..547986b 100755
--- a/cscweb.xsl
+++ b/cscweb.xsl
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match="menuitem">
-    <td bgcolor="#cccccc" class="menuitem button">
+    <td class="menuitem button">
      <a href="{@href}"><img border="0" src="/buttons/{@icon}.png"
      width="40" height="40" alt="" /><!--</a>--><br />
      <!--<a href="{@href}">--><xsl:value-of select="@title"/></a>
@@ -118,11 +118,13 @@
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match="menudefs">
- <table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" bgcolor="black" align="center" class="menu">
+ <div class="menuspace">
+ <table class="menubar">
   <tr>
    <xsl:apply-templates select="menuitem"/>
   </tr>
  </table>
+ </div>
 </xsl:template>
 
 <xsl:template match="menu" name="menu">
diff --git a/default.css b/default.css
index 197a188..bafa61a 100755
--- a/default.css
+++ b/default.css
@@ -39,8 +39,12 @@ p {
 	/*background-color:#cee6ff;*/
 }
 
-.menu {
-	background-color:white;
+.menuspace {
+	background:white;
+}
+
+.menubar {
+	background-color:transparent;
 	padding:0;
 	margin:0;
 	text-align:center;