diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/facteditor.py b/ankiqt/ui/facteditor.py
index cce1b0a63..2acbf9fda 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/facteditor.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/facteditor.py
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ class FactEditor(object):
     Extra widgets can be added to 'fieldsGrid' to represent card-specific
     information, etc."""
 
-    def __init__(self, parent, widget, deck=None):
+    def __init__(self, parent, widget, deck=None, colour=""):
         self.widget = widget
         self.parent = parent
         self.deck = deck
+        self.colour = colour
         self.fact = None
         self.fontChanged = False
         self.setupFields()
@@ -65,6 +66,10 @@ class FactEditor(object):
         self.iconsBox.addItem(QSpacerItem(20,20, QSizePolicy.Expanding))
         # button styles for mac
         self.plastiqueStyle = QStyleFactory.create("plastique")
+        self.widget.setStyle(self.plastiqueStyle)
+        self.widget.setStyleSheet("""
+%s
+#fieldsArea { border: 0px; margin-top: 4px; }""" % self.colour)
         # bold
         self.bold = QPushButton()
         self.bold.setCheckable(True)
@@ -110,7 +115,7 @@ class FactEditor(object):
         self.foregroundFrame.setAutoFillBackground(True)
         hbox = QHBoxLayout()
         hbox.addWidget(self.foregroundFrame)
-        hbox.setMargin(0)
+        hbox.setMargin(1)
         self.foreground.setLayout(hbox)
         self.iconsBox.addWidget(self.foreground)
         self.foreground.setStyle(self.plastiqueStyle)
@@ -343,6 +348,8 @@ class FactEditor(object):
             self.italic.setChecked(w.fontItalic())
             self.underline.setChecked(w.fontUnderline())
             self.foregroundFrame.setPalette(QPalette(w.textColor()))
+            self.foregroundFrame.setStyleSheet("* {background-color: %s}" %
+                                               unicode(w.textColor().name()))
 
     def resetFormatButtons(self):
         self.bold.setChecked(False)
diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/main.py b/ankiqt/ui/main.py
index 069d8f205..8e3674f1c 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/main.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/main.py
@@ -799,8 +799,10 @@ To upgrade an old deck, download Anki 0.9.8.7."""))
 
     def setupEditor(self):
         self.mainWin.fieldsArea.hide()
+        self.mainWin.fieldsArea.setFlat(True)
         self.editor = ui.facteditor.FactEditor(
-            self, self.mainWin.fieldsArea, self.deck)
+            self, self.mainWin.fieldsArea, self.deck,
+            colour="* { background-color: #fff; }\n")
         self.editor.onFactValid = self.onFactValid
         self.editor.onFactInvalid = self.onFactInvalid
 
diff --git a/ankiqt/ui/view.py b/ankiqt/ui/view.py
index 35fce56bd..a58122129 100644
--- a/ankiqt/ui/view.py
+++ b/ankiqt/ui/view.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import anki, anki.utils
 from anki.sound import playFromText, stripSounds
 from anki.latex import renderLatex, stripLatex
 from anki.utils import stripHTML
-import types, time, re, os
+import types, time, re, os, urllib, sys
 from ankiqt import ui
 
 # Views - define the way a user is prompted for questions, etc
@@ -112,8 +112,15 @@ class View(object):
     def munge(self, txt):
         txt = renderLatex(self.main.deck, txt)
         txt = stripSounds(txt)
-        txt = re.sub(
-            'img src="(.*?)"', 'img src="file://%s/\\1"' % os.getcwd(), txt)
+        def quote(match):
+            if sys.platform.startswith("win32"):
+                prefix = "file:///"
+            else:
+                prefix = "file://"
+            return 'img src="%s%s"' % (
+                prefix, os.path.join(self.main.deck.mediaDir(),
+                                     unicode(match.group(1))))
+        txt = re.sub('img src="(.*?)"', quote, txt)
         return txt
 
     def drawQuestion(self, nosound=False):
diff --git a/designer/cardlist.ui b/designer/cardlist.ui
index 9701dc281..3701f04e7 100644
--- a/designer/cardlist.ui
+++ b/designer/cardlist.ui
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@
            <property name="title" >
             <string>Current Card</string>
            </property>
+           <property name="flat" >
+            <bool>false</bool>
+           </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
          <item row="0" column="0" >
@@ -213,7 +216,10 @@
             </sizepolicy>
            </property>
            <property name="title" >
-            <string>Current &amp;Fact</string>
+            <string/>
+           </property>
+           <property name="flat" >
+            <bool>true</bool>
            </property>
           </widget>
          </item>