diff --git a/app/views/issues/show.html.erb b/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
index 46494ff9f..bac3dc51f 100644
--- a/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/issues/show.html.erb
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
   $(window).on('load hashchange',function(){
     var hash = location.hash;
     if (hash.match(/^#(change|note)-\d+$/)){
-      $('div' + hash).addClass('highlight').removeClass('highlight', 2000)
+      $('div' + hash).addClass('highlight').removeClass('highlight', 4000)
     }
   });
 });
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index 9dce0dca4..005dcfef9 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -760,7 +760,7 @@ div.thumbnails {margin:0.6em;}
 div.thumbnails div {background:#fff;border:2px solid #ddd;display:inline-block;margin-right:2px;}
 div.thumbnails img {margin: 3px; vertical-align: middle;}
 #history div.thumbnails {margin-left: 2em;}
-#history div.highlight {background-color: #ffffdd;}
+#history div.highlight {background-color: #ddf;}
 
 p.other-formats { text-align: right; font-size:0.9em; color: #666; }
 .other-formats span + span:before { content: "| "; }