diff --git a/notebooks/notebook-ui/src/com/intellij/notebooks/ui/visualization/NotebookEditorAppearance.kt b/notebooks/notebook-ui/src/com/intellij/notebooks/ui/visualization/NotebookEditorAppearance.kt
index 0ff281242134..e528aa3e5c32 100644
--- a/notebooks/notebook-ui/src/com/intellij/notebooks/ui/visualization/NotebookEditorAppearance.kt
+++ b/notebooks/notebook-ui/src/com/intellij/notebooks/ui/visualization/NotebookEditorAppearance.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ package com.intellij.notebooks.ui.visualization
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.ColorKey
+import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsManager
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsScheme
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.impl.EditorImpl
+import com.intellij.openapi.observable.properties.ObservableProperty
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key
 import com.intellij.ui.JBColor
 import com.intellij.ui.NewUiValue
@@ -72,6 +74,16 @@ interface NotebookEditorAppearanceSizes {
 interface NotebookEditorAppearanceColors {
   // TODO Sort everything lexicographically.
 
+  // it is a temporary hack to avoid PY-78524 (will be removed in future)
+  val codeCellBackgroundColor: ObservableProperty<Color>
+    get() {
+      return object : ObservableProperty<Color> {
+        override fun get(): Color {
+          return getCodeCellBackground(EditorColorsManager.getInstance().globalScheme) ?: JBColor.BLACK
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
   fun getCodeCellBackground(scheme: EditorColorsScheme): Color? = scheme.defaultBackground
   fun getGutterInputExecutionCountForegroundColor(scheme: EditorColorsScheme): Color? = null
   fun getGutterOutputExecutionCountForegroundColor(scheme: EditorColorsScheme): Color? = null