diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6311b32..e213a5a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ nvim/.config/nvim/thesaurus
 sponsorblock.db
 sponsorblock.db.tmp
 sponsorblock.txt
+
+# ignore any just-in-time settings that took place in qutebrowser
+qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/autoconfig.yml
diff --git a/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/config.py b/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
index efd6f07..25d9a07 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/.config/qutebrowser/config.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from qutebrowser.config.configfiles import ConfigAPI  # noqa: F401
 #   qute://help/configuring.html
 #   qute://help/settings.html
 
-# Uncomment this to still load settings configured via autoconfig.yml
+# load additional settings configured via autoconfig.yml
 config.load_autoconfig()
 
 c.completion.web_history.max_items = 1000
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ c.content.host_blocking.lists = [
     "http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&mimetype=plaintext",
 ]
 c.content.host_blocking.whitelist = ["piwik.org"]
-c.content.autoplay = False
 
+c.content.autoplay = False
 c.content.pdfjs = False
 c.content.javascript.enabled = False
 js_whitelist = [
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ config.source("colorscheme.py")
 # TODO think about implementing a simple toggle for the statusbar
 c.statusbar.show = "in-mode"
 
+c.colors.webpage.bg = "#555555"
+
 # FUNCTION
 # --------