diff --git a/dmenu.c b/dmenu.c
index 65f25ce..f73f299 100644
--- a/dmenu.c
+++ b/dmenu.c
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, mw, mh, 1, 1);
 
 	if (prompt && *prompt) {
-		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
+		if (colorprompt)
+			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeSel]);
 		x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, promptw, bh, lrpad / 2, prompt, 0);
 	}
 	/* draw input field */
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ drawmenu(void)
 	if (lines > 0) {
 		/* draw vertical list */
 		for (item = curr; item != next; item = item->right)
-			drawitem(item, x, y += bh, mw - x);
+			drawitem(item, 0, y += bh, mw - x);
 	} else if (matches) {
 		/* draw horizontal list */
 		x += inputw;
-- 
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