diff --git a/src/winio.c b/src/winio.c
index 5af964ac..8f16e6b1 100644
--- a/src/winio.c
+++ b/src/winio.c
@@ -3544,9 +3544,9 @@ void spotlight_softwrapped(size_t from_col, size_t to_col)
 			word = display_string(openfile->current->data, from_col,
 										break_col - from_col, FALSE, FALSE);
 
-		wattron(edit, interface_color_pair[SELECTED_TEXT]);
+		wattron(edit, interface_color_pair[HIGHLIGHTED]);
 		waddnstr(edit, word, actual_x(word, break_col));
-		wattroff(edit, interface_color_pair[SELECTED_TEXT]);
+		wattroff(edit, interface_color_pair[HIGHLIGHTED]);
 
 		free(word);