diff --git a/tutorials/tutorial-svg.xsl b/tutorials/tutorial-svg.xsl
index 567c30b51cd0f0d9e5c4190b422fa5ec57a88f17..d9346048956374b0ec93caa7e390174e549687e2 100644
--- a/tutorials/tutorial-svg.xsl
+++ b/tutorials/tutorial-svg.xsl
@@ -132,7 +132,9 @@
         inkscape:window-y="0"
         showborder="false"
         showguides="false"
-        snaptoguides="true"/>
+        snaptoguides="true"
+        inkscape:deskcolor="#ffffff"
+        pagecolor="#ffffff"/>
 
     <!-- header -->
     <xsl:for-each select="document($header-filename)/*/*[name() != 'sodipodi:namedview']">