diff --git a/frontend/ui/widget/inputtext.lua b/frontend/ui/widget/inputtext.lua
index 28d185d4e..cc1d93e4f 100644
--- a/frontend/ui/widget/inputtext.lua
+++ b/frontend/ui/widget/inputtext.lua
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ end
 function InputText:initTextBox(text)
     self.text = text
     self:initCharlist(text)
-    local fgcolor = 0.0, self.text == "" and 0.5 or 1.0
+    local fgcolor = self.text == "" and 0.5 or 1.0
 
     local text_widget = nil
     local show_text = self.text