1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/draw.c b/draw.c
index 0459392..68b8cb7 100644
--- a/draw.c
+++ b/draw.c
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ drawtext(const char *text, unsigned long col[ColLast]) {
 unsigned long
 getcolor(const char *colstr) {
         Colormap cmap = DefaultColormap(dpy, screen);
-        XColor color = {0};
+        XColor color;
 
-        XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color);
+        if(!XAllocNamedColor(dpy, cmap, colstr, &color, &color))
+                eprint("error, cannot allocate color '%s'\n", colstr);
         return color.pixel;
 }