diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4cd594b2..53107fd6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Instead of grouping changes by tag, they are grouped by the date they are releas
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Updated background colour in the tmux status bar.
 - Switch from NixOS unstable to 24.05.
 
 ## 10th June 2024
diff --git a/lib/shared/modules/tmux.nix b/lib/shared/modules/tmux.nix
index cf86cbd6..90098fae 100644
--- a/lib/shared/modules/tmux.nix
+++ b/lib/shared/modules/tmux.nix
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ in
       set-option -g status-left " "
       set-option -g status-right " #{session_name} "
       set-option -g status-right-length 100
-      set-option -g status-style "fg=#7C7D83 bg=#242631"
+      set-option -g status-style "fg=#7C7D83 bg=#000000"
       set-option -g window-status-activity-style none
       set-option -g window-status-current-format "#{window_index}:#{pane_current_command}#{window_flags} "
       set-option -g window-status-current-style "fg=#E9E9EA"