diff --git a/scripts/chkhosts-gen-webstat.sh b/scripts/chkhosts-gen-webstat.sh
index 9b707c9..a233ff1 100755
--- a/scripts/chkhosts-gen-webstat.sh
+++ b/scripts/chkhosts-gen-webstat.sh
@@ -211,7 +211,9 @@ cat >>$WEBPAGE << "PHP_FUNCTIONS_SECTION"
         function showstatus($pingname,$hostname)
         {
                 if (file_exists("../status-up/$pingname")) {
-                        echo '<td style="background-color:green; \
+			$file = 'chkhosts-sysinfo-color.txt';
+			$contents = file_get_contents($file); 
+                        echo '<td style="background-color:$contents; \
 				border-color: #000000; \
 				border-width: 1px 1px 1px 1px">';
 			if (file_exists("system-info/$hostname.txt")) {