diff --git a/themes/zenburn-theme.el b/themes/zenburn-theme.el
index 1db88c4..3a99033 100644
--- a/themes/zenburn-theme.el
+++ b/themes/zenburn-theme.el
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@
    `(rpm-spec-var-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
 
    ;; show-paren
-   `(show-paren-mismatch ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-3 :weight bold))))
-   `(show-paren-match ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-1 :weight bold))))
+   `(show-paren-mismatch ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red-3 :background ,zenburn-bg :weight bold))))
+   `(show-paren-match ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-blue-1 :background ,zenburn-bg :weight bold))))
 
    ;; SLIME
    `(slime-repl-inputed-output-face ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red))))
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
    `(whitespace-space ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg :foreground ,zenburn-bg+1))))
    `(whitespace-hspace ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg :foreground ,zenburn-bg+1))))
    `(whitespace-tab ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg :foreground ,zenburn-red))))
-   `(whitespace-newline ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-bg+1 :background ,zenburn-bg))))
+   `(whitespace-newline ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-bg+1))))
    `(whitespace-trailing ((,class (:foreground ,zenburn-red :background ,zenburn-bg))))
    `(whitespace-line ((,class (:background ,zenburn-bg-05 :foreground ,zenburn-magenta))))
    `(whitespace-space-before-tab ((,class (:background ,zenburn-orange :foreground ,zenburn-orange))))