diff --git a/src/gui_qt/graphs/graphwindow.py b/src/gui_qt/graphs/graphwindow.py
index 3cfc6f0..c4d7152 100644
--- a/src/gui_qt/graphs/graphwindow.py
+++ b/src/gui_qt/graphs/graphwindow.py
@@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ class QGraphWindow(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView, Ui_GraphWindow):
         if background is not None:
             self._bgcolor = mkColor(background)
             self.graphic.setBackground(self._bgcolor)
-            self.legend.setBrush(self._bgcolor)
+            # self.legend.setBrush(self._bgcolor)
 
         if foreground is not None:
             self._fgcolor = mkColor(foreground)
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ class QGraphWindow(QtWidgets.QGraphicsView, Ui_GraphWindow):
             self.show_legend()
 
         title = self.plotItem.titleLabel.text
-        if title is not None:
+        if title is not None and title != '':
             self.plotItem.setTitle(title, **{'size': '10pt', 'color': self._fgcolor})
 
         x = self.plotItem.getAxis('bottom').labelText