diff --git a/classes/Design.php b/classes/Design.php
index bb1e917e3e..4f6b2a8449 100644
--- a/classes/Design.php
+++ b/classes/Design.php
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class Design extends Memcached_DataObject
 
     function showCSS($out)
     {
-        $out->element('stylesheet', array('type' => 'text/css'),
+        $out->element('style', array('type' => 'text/css'),
                       'body { background-color: #' . dechex($this->backgroundcolor) . '} '."\n".
                       '#content { background-color #' . dechex($this->contentcolor) . '} '."\n".
                       '#aside_primary { background-color #'. dechex($this->sidebarcolor) .'} '."\n".
diff --git a/lib/currentuserdesignaction.php b/lib/currentuserdesignaction.php
index 2975256557..40502bc776 100644
--- a/lib/currentuserdesignaction.php
+++ b/lib/currentuserdesignaction.php
@@ -47,6 +47,20 @@ if (!defined('LACONICA')) {
 
 class CurrentUserDesignAction extends Action
 {
+
+    /**
+      * Show the user's design stylesheet
+      *
+      * @return nothing
+      */
+     function showStylesheets()
+     {
+         parent::showStylesheets();
+
+         $design = $this->getDesign();
+         $design->showCSS($this);
+     }
+
     /**
      * A design for this action
      *
@@ -66,4 +80,6 @@ class CurrentUserDesignAction extends Action
 
         return $cur->getDesign();
     }
+
+
 }
diff --git a/lib/ownerdesignaction.php b/lib/ownerdesignaction.php
index c47633bdb2..b6b30a6065 100644
--- a/lib/ownerdesignaction.php
+++ b/lib/ownerdesignaction.php
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ class OwnerDesignAction extends Action {
 
     var $user = null;
 
+    /**
+      * Show the owner's design stylesheet
+      *
+      * @return nothing
+      */
+     function showStylesheets()
+     {
+         parent::showStylesheets();
+
+         $design = $this->getDesign();
+         $design->showCSS($this);
+     }
+
     /**
      * A design for this action
      *