diff --git a/platform/bootstrap/src/com/intellij/idea/Main.java b/platform/bootstrap/src/com/intellij/idea/Main.java
index ff3e6a52b543..373f8dbf7a38 100644
--- a/platform/bootstrap/src/com/intellij/idea/Main.java
+++ b/platform/bootstrap/src/com/intellij/idea/Main.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfoRt;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtilRt;
 import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtilRt;
 import com.intellij.util.Restarter;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ public class Main {
       JTextPane textPane = new JTextPane();
       textPane.setEditable(false);
       textPane.setText(message.replaceAll("\t", "    "));
-      textPane.setBackground(new JPanel().getBackground());
+      textPane.setBackground(UIUtil.getPanelBackground());
       textPane.setCaretPosition(0);
       JScrollPane scrollPane = new JScrollPane(
         textPane, ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED, ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);