diff --git a/Arduino/McLighting/McLighting.ino b/Arduino/McLighting/McLighting.ino
index 62c2037..432e395 100644
--- a/Arduino/McLighting/McLighting.ino
+++ b/Arduino/McLighting/McLighting.ino
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ void setup() {
   strip.setBrightness(brightness);
   strip.setSpeed(ws2812fx_speed);
   //strip.setMode(FX_MODE_RAINBOW_CYCLE);
+  strip.setColor(main_color.red, main_color.green, main_color.blue);
   strip.start();
 
   // ***************************************************************************
diff --git a/Arduino/McLighting/definitions.h b/Arduino/McLighting/definitions.h
index 85e3923..8481c9a 100644
--- a/Arduino/McLighting/definitions.h
+++ b/Arduino/McLighting/definitions.h
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ struct ledstate             // Data structure to store a state of a single led
    uint8_t blue;
 };
 
-typedef struct ledstate LEDState;   // Define the datatype LEDState
-LEDState ledstates[NUMLEDS];        // Get an array of led states to store the state of the whole strip
-LEDState main_color;                // Store the "main color" of the strip used in single color modes 
+typedef struct ledstate LEDState;    // Define the datatype LEDState
+LEDState ledstates[NUMLEDS];         // Get an array of led states to store the state of the whole strip
+LEDState main_color = { 255, 0, 0 }; // Store the "main color" of the strip used in single color modes