diff --git a/matplotlibrc b/matplotlibrc
index ad3b671..80b3dc2 100644
--- a/matplotlibrc
+++ b/matplotlibrc
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ lines.linewidth   : 1.0     # line width in points
 lines.linestyle   : -       # solid line
 lines.color       : blue
 lines.marker      : None    # the default marker
-lines.markerfacecolor  : blue
-lines.markeredgecolor  : black
+#lines.markerfacecolor  : blue
+#lines.markeredgecolor  : black
 lines.markeredgewidth  : 0.5     # the line width around the marker symbol
 lines.markersize  : 6            # markersize, in points
 lines.dash_joinstyle : miter        # miter|round|bevel
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ text.dvipnghack     : False  # some versions of dvipng don't handle
 # default fontsizes for ticklabels, and so on.  See
 # http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/matplotlib.axes.html#Axes
 axes.hold           : True    # whether to clear the axes by default on
-axes.facecolor      : 0.6   # axes background color
+axes.facecolor      : 0.9   # axes background color
 axes.edgecolor      : black   # axes edge color
 axes.linewidth      : 1.0     # edge linewidth
 axes.grid           : True   # display grid or not