diff --git a/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_table_view.cc b/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_table_view.cc
index 73769705dde169a4c7b7f56707ef08e73f072ee6..877c423eaaf8c23564f4303c85f18cab3e481444 100644
--- a/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_table_view.cc
+++ b/modules/gui/src/sequence/sequence_table_view.cc
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ void SequenceTableView::InitStaticColumn()
   static_column_->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
   static_column_->show();
   static_column_->setStyleSheet("QTableView { border: 0px;"
+                                 "background-color: #FFFFFF;"
                                  "selection-background-color: #EEEEEE}"
                                  "QTableView::item{ border: none;"
                                  "padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; margin: 0px;}");