diff --git a/damus/Views/Posting/UserSearch.swift b/damus/Views/Posting/UserSearch.swift
index c8b21468..072857db 100644
--- a/damus/Views/Posting/UserSearch.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/Posting/UserSearch.swift
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct UserSearch: View {
                                                    attributes: [NSAttributedString.Key.font: UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 18.0),
                                                                 NSAttributedString.Key.link: "@\(pk)"])
                             tagAttributedString.removeAttribute(.link, range: NSRange(location: tagAttributedString.length - 2, length: 2))
+                            tagAttributedString.addAttributes([NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor.label], range: NSRange(location: tagAttributedString.length - 2, length: 2))
                             let mutableString = NSMutableAttributedString()
                             mutableString.append(post)
                             mutableString.append(tagAttributedString)
diff --git a/damus/Views/TextViewWrapper.swift b/damus/Views/TextViewWrapper.swift
index e29c8b50..15d10c2a 100644
--- a/damus/Views/TextViewWrapper.swift
+++ b/damus/Views/TextViewWrapper.swift
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ struct TextViewWrapper: UIViewRepresentable {
         let textView = UITextView()
         textView.delegate = context.coordinator
         textView.font = UIFont.systemFont(ofSize: 18)
-        //textView.textColor = UIColor.black
+        textView.textColor = UIColor.label
         let linkAttributes: [NSAttributedString.Key : Any] = [
             NSAttributedString.Key.foregroundColor: UIColor(Color.accentColor)]
         textView.linkTextAttributes = linkAttributes