diff --git a/squirrelbattle/display/display.py b/squirrelbattle/display/display.py
index 00169f5..9cc1456 100644
--- a/squirrelbattle/display/display.py
+++ b/squirrelbattle/display/display.py
@@ -139,16 +139,22 @@ class HorizontalSplit(Display):
 
 class Box(Display):
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, *args, fg_border_color: Optional[int] = None, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.pad = self.newpad(self.rows, self.cols)
+        self.fg_border_color = fg_border_color or curses.COLOR_WHITE
+
+        pair_number = 4 + self.fg_border_color
+        self.init_pair(pair_number, self.fg_border_color, curses.COLOR_BLACK)
+        self.pair = self.color_pair(pair_number)
 
     def display(self) -> None:
-        self.addstr(self.pad, 0, 0, "┏" + "━" * (self.width - 2) + "┓")
+        self.addstr(self.pad, 0, 0, "┏" + "━" * (self.width - 2) + "┓",
+                    self.pair)
         for i in range(1, self.height - 1):
-            self.addstr(self.pad, i, 0, "┃")
-            self.addstr(self.pad, i, self.width - 1, "┃")
+            self.addstr(self.pad, i, 0, "┃", self.pair)
+            self.addstr(self.pad, i, self.width - 1, "┃", self.pair)
         self.addstr(self.pad, self.height - 1, 0,
-                    "┗" + "━" * (self.width - 2) + "┛")
+                    "┗" + "━" * (self.width - 2) + "┛", self.pair)
         self.refresh_pad(self.pad, 0, 0, self.y, self.x,
                          self.y + self.height - 1, self.x + self.width - 1)
diff --git a/squirrelbattle/display/display_manager.py b/squirrelbattle/display/display_manager.py
index 869b7d4..f7a0882 100644
--- a/squirrelbattle/display/display_manager.py
+++ b/squirrelbattle/display/display_manager.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class DisplayManager:
                                                screen, pack)
         self.settingsmenudisplay = SettingsMenuDisplay(screen, pack)
         self.logsdisplay = LogsDisplay(screen, pack)
-        self.messagedisplay = MessageDisplay(screen)
+        self.messagedisplay = MessageDisplay(screen=screen, pack=None)
         self.hbar = HorizontalSplit(screen, pack)
         self.vbar = VerticalSplit(screen, pack)
         self.displays = [self.statsdisplay, self.mapdisplay,
diff --git a/squirrelbattle/display/messagedisplay.py b/squirrelbattle/display/messagedisplay.py
index 9e4ffae..c237b6b 100644
--- a/squirrelbattle/display/messagedisplay.py
+++ b/squirrelbattle/display/messagedisplay.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2020 by ÿnérant, eichhornchen, nicomarg, charlse
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+import curses
 
 from squirrelbattle.display.display import Box, Display
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ class MessageDisplay(Display):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        self.box = Box(*args, **kwargs)
+        self.box = Box(fg_border_color=curses.COLOR_RED, *args, **kwargs)
         self.message = ""
         self.pad = self.newpad(1, 1)