--- a/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp
+++ b/src/qtgui/snippets_w.cpp
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@
 public:
     virtual string startMatch(unsigned int)
     {
-	return string("<span class='rclmatch' style='color: ")
-	    + qs2utf8s(prefs.qtermcolor) + string("'>");
+	return string("<span class='rclmatch' style='")
+	    + qs2utf8s(prefs.qtermstyle) + string("'>");
     }
     virtual string endMatch() 
     {