diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 91ab8ca..21fa0e6 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *
  * font: see http://freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html
  */
-static char *font = "Liberation Mono:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:autohint=true";
+static char *font = "Monospace-16:bold:antialias=true:autohint=true";
 static int borderpx = 2;
 
 /*
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ static float chscale = 1.0;
  *
  * More advanced example: L" `'\"()[]{}"
  */
-wchar_t *worddelimiters = L" ";
+wchar_t *worddelimiters = L" (){}[]<>'\"`│|";
 
 /* selection timeouts (in milliseconds) */
 static unsigned int doubleclicktimeout = 300;
@@ -95,33 +95,29 @@ unsigned int tabspaces = 8;
 
 /* Terminal colors (16 first used in escape sequence) */
 static const char *colorname[] = {
-	/* 8 normal colors */
-	"black",
-	"red3",
-	"green3",
-	"yellow3",
-	"blue2",
-	"magenta3",
-	"cyan3",
-	"gray90",
-
-	/* 8 bright colors */
-	"gray50",
-	"red",
-	"green",
-	"yellow",
-	"#5c5cff",
-	"magenta",
-	"cyan",
-	"white",
-
-	[255] = 0,
-
-	/* more colors can be added after 255 to use with DefaultXX */
-	"#cccccc",
-	"#555555",
-	"gray90", /* default foreground colour */
-	"black", /* default background colour */
+  /* 8 normal colors */
+  [0] = "#000000", /* black   */
+  [1] = "#C75646", /* red     */
+  [2] = "#8EB33B", /* green   */
+  [3] = "#D0B03C", /* yellow  */
+  [4] = "#72B3CC", /* blue    */
+  [5] = "#D356CF", /* magenta */
+  [6] = "#218693", /* cyan    */
+  [7] = "#B0B0B0", /* white   */
+
+  /* 8 bright colors */
+  [8]  = "#5D5D5D", /* black   */
+  [9]  = "#E09690", /* red     */
+  [10] = "#CDEE69", /* green   */
+  [11] = "#FFE377", /* yellow  */
+  [12] = "#9CD9F0", /* blue    */
+  [13] = "#FBB1F9", /* magenta */
+  [14] = "#77DFD8", /* cyan    */
+  [15] = "#F7F7F7", /* white   */
+
+  /* special colors */
+  [256] = "#2E3436", /* background */
+  [257] = "#D3D7CF", /* foreground */
 };
 
 
@@ -129,9 +125,9 @@ static const char *colorname[] = {
  * Default colors (colorname index)
  * foreground, background, cursor, reverse cursor
  */
-unsigned int defaultfg = 258;
-unsigned int defaultbg = 259;
-unsigned int defaultcs = 256;
+unsigned int defaultfg = 257;
+unsigned int defaultbg = 256;
+unsigned int defaultcs = 257;
 static unsigned int defaultrcs = 257;
 
 /*
