diff -ru matchbox-desktop-0.9.1.orig/data/mbdesktop_modules.in matchbox-desktop-0.9.1/data/mbdesktop_modules.in
--- matchbox-desktop-0.9.1.orig/data/mbdesktop_modules.in	2004-12-01 13:22:33.000000000 +0200
+++ matchbox-desktop-0.9.1/data/mbdesktop_modules.in	2010-11-04 14:51:44.123334167 +0200
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
 # It can be overridden on a per-user basis by copying this file to ~/.matchbox/
 # and editing. 
 
-@MBDESKTOP_PLUGIN_DIR@/tasks.so
+# @MBDESKTOP_PLUGIN_DIR@/tasks.so
 @MBDESKTOP_PLUGIN_DIR@/dotdesktop.so
 # @MBDESKTOP_PLUGIN_DIR@/simplefilebrowser.so /
diff -ru matchbox-desktop-0.9.1.orig/src/mbdesktop.c matchbox-desktop-0.9.1/src/mbdesktop.c
--- matchbox-desktop-0.9.1.orig/src/mbdesktop.c	2004-12-20 19:42:48.000000000 +0200
+++ matchbox-desktop-0.9.1/src/mbdesktop.c	2010-11-04 14:52:48.026667501 +0200
@@ -533,6 +533,8 @@
   mb->bg = malloc(sizeof(MBDesktopBG));
   memset(mb->bg, 0, sizeof(mb->bg));
 
+  mbdesktop_set_highlight_col(mb, "#1A1A1A");
+
   if (spec == NULL)
     {
       /* XXX we should probably check theme.desktop too for a bg_def */
@@ -957,7 +959,7 @@
 			     &mb->workarea_height ) == False )
     {
       mb->workarea_x = 0;
-      mb->workarea_y = 0;
+      mb->workarea_y = 20;
       mb->workarea_width = DisplayWidth(mb->dpy, mb->scr);
       mb->workarea_height = DisplayHeight(mb->dpy, mb->scr);
     }