diff --git a/Doc/perl/l2hinit.perl b/Doc/perl/l2hinit.perl
index 76b65ce..2e11a50 100644
--- a/Doc/perl/l2hinit.perl
+++ b/Doc/perl/l2hinit.perl
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 $ICONSERVER = '../icons';
 
+$BODYTEXT = 'bgcolor="#ffffff"';
 $CHILDLINE = "\n<p><hr>\n";
 $VERBOSITY = 0;