diff --git a/src/core/js/form_panel.js b/src/core/js/form_panel.js
index bacdc5098d3b156aac81ea0bbef1bb63387fd96e..f1aa31507f8b79b22c1b46f8bea74aeeb37dea26 100644
--- a/src/core/js/form_panel.js
+++ b/src/core/js/form_panel.js
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var form_panel = new function () {
         if (existing.length > 0) {
             return existing[0];
         }
-        const panel = $('<div id="' + panel_id + '" class="caosdb-f-form-panel container"/>');
+        const panel = $('<div id="' + panel_id + '" class="caosdb-f-form-panel bg-light container"/>');
         const header = $('<h2 class="text-center">' + title + '</h2>');
         panel.append(header);