diff --git a/awesomerc.lua.in b/awesomerc.lua.in
index fc13e455..3eb7e017 100644
--- a/awesomerc.lua.in
+++ b/awesomerc.lua.in
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ function mytasklist.label(c, scr)
         text = "<bg image=\"@AWESOME_ICON_PATH@/floatingw.png\" align=\"right\"/>"
     end
     if client.focus_get() == c then
-        text = text .. " <bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/><span color='"..awful.escape(fg_focus).."'>"..c.name.."</span> "
+        text = text .. " <bg color='"..bg_focus.."'/><span color='"..fg_focus.."'>"..awful.escape(c.name).."</span> "
     else
         text = text .. " "..awful.escape(c.name).." "
     end