diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1e55510..7bf1ce1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -54,10 +54,16 @@ fn app_args<'a>() -> clap::ArgMatches<'a> {
     )
     .arg(
       Arg::with_name("select_foreground_color")
-        .help("Sets the foregroud color for selection")
+        .help("Sets the foreground color for selection")
         .long("select-fg-color")
         .default_value("blue"),
     )
+    .arg(
+      Arg::with_name("select_background_color")
+        .help("Sets the background color for selection")
+        .long("select-bg-color")
+        .default_value("black"),
+    )
     .arg(
       Arg::with_name("reverse")
         .help("Reverse the order for assigned hints")
@@ -131,6 +137,8 @@ fn main() {
   let hint_background_color = colors::get_color(args.value_of("hint_background_color").unwrap());
   let select_foreground_color =
     colors::get_color(args.value_of("select_foreground_color").unwrap());
+  let select_background_color =
+    colors::get_color(args.value_of("select_background_color").unwrap());
 
   let command = args.value_of("command").unwrap();
   let upcase_command = args.value_of("upcase_command").unwrap();
@@ -155,6 +163,7 @@ fn main() {
       contrast,
       position,
       select_foreground_color,
+      select_background_color,
       foreground_color,
       background_color,
       hint_foreground_color,
diff --git a/src/view.rs b/src/view.rs
index 9836f75..1d6225e 100644
--- a/src/view.rs
+++ b/src/view.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ pub struct View<'a> {
   contrast: bool,
   position: &'a str,
   select_foreground_color: Color,
+  select_background_color: Color,
   foreground_color: Color,
   background_color: Color,
   hint_background_color: Color,
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ impl<'a> View<'a> {
     contrast: bool,
     position: &'a str,
     select_foreground_color: Color,
+    select_background_color: Color,
     foreground_color: Color,
     background_color: Color,
     hint_foreground_color: Color,
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ impl<'a> View<'a> {
       contrast: contrast,
       position: position,
       select_foreground_color: select_foreground_color,
+      select_background_color: select_background_color,
       foreground_color: foreground_color,
       background_color: background_color,
       hint_foreground_color: hint_foreground_color,
@@ -117,6 +120,11 @@ impl<'a> View<'a> {
         } else {
           self.foreground_color
         };
+        let selected_background_color = if selected == Some(mat) {
+          self.select_background_color
+        } else {
+          self.background_color
+        };
 
         // Find long utf sequences and extract it from mat.x
         let line = &self.state.lines[mat.y as usize];
@@ -130,7 +138,7 @@ impl<'a> View<'a> {
           mat.y as usize,
           rustbox::RB_NORMAL,
           selected_color,
-          self.background_color,
+          selected_background_color,
           &text,
         );
 
@@ -227,6 +235,7 @@ mod tests {
       contrast: false,
       position: &"",
       select_foreground_color: rustbox::Color::Default,
+      select_background_color: rustbox::Color::Default,
       foreground_color: rustbox::Color::Default,
       background_color: rustbox::Color::Default,
       hint_background_color: rustbox::Color::Default,
diff --git a/tmux-thumbs.sh b/tmux-thumbs.sh
index cb0cde6..00ae8ca 100755
--- a/tmux-thumbs.sh
+++ b/tmux-thumbs.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-source ~/.bash_profile
+[ -f ~/.bash_profile ] && source ~/.bash_profile
 
 PARAMS=()
 
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ add-option-param  "bg-color"
 add-option-param  "hint-bg-color"
 add-option-param  "hint-fg-color"
 add-option-param  "select-fg-color"
+add-option-param  "select-bg-color"
 add-option-param  "command"
 add-option-param  "upcase-command"
 add-multi-param   "regexp"