diff --git a/tv/2configs/xserver/Xresources.nix b/tv/2configs/xserver/Xresources.nix
index f8414b861..3936a26f7 100644
--- a/tv/2configs/xserver/Xresources.nix
+++ b/tv/2configs/xserver/Xresources.nix
@@ -211,4 +211,9 @@ pkgs.writeText "Xresources" ''
   URxvt*url-select.underline: true
   URxvt*colorUL: #4682B4
   URxvt.perl-lib: ${pkgs.urxvt_perls}/lib/urxvt/perl
+
+  root-urxvt*background: #230000
+  root-urxvt*foreground: #e0c0c0
+  root-urxvt*BorderColor: #400000
+  root-urxvt*color0: #800000
 ''
diff --git a/tv/2configs/xserver/xmonad/Main.hs b/tv/2configs/xserver/xmonad/Main.hs
index a298d72e7..cca2902a0 100644
--- a/tv/2configs/xserver/xmonad/Main.hs
+++ b/tv/2configs/xserver/xmonad/Main.hs
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ myTerm :: String
 myTerm = "urxvtc"
 
 myRootTerm :: String
-myRootTerm = "XENVIRONMENT=\"$HOME/.Xdefaults/root-urxvt\" urxvtc -e su -"
+myRootTerm = "urxvtc -name root-urxvt -e su -"
 
 -- TODO execRootTerm = exec (shlex "urxvtc -e su -")
 --    [ ("XENVIRONMENT", HOME ++ "/.Xdefaults/root-urxvt") ]