diff --git a/pathvisio/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/wikipathway/WikipathwaysTestFunctions.java b/pathvisio/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/wikipathway/WikipathwaysTestFunctions.java
index 83361a18395958ae83a4d262164fe6b1cdbb0933..c263cc8a5dabcf43a1a001e125cf02256a4007f6 100644
--- a/pathvisio/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/wikipathway/WikipathwaysTestFunctions.java
+++ b/pathvisio/src/test/java/lcsb/mapviewer/wikipathway/WikipathwaysTestFunctions.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package lcsb.mapviewer.wikipathway;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.net.URLConnection;
@@ -225,6 +226,9 @@ public abstract class WikipathwaysTestFunctions {
         bioEntity.setZ(null);
       }
     }
+    for (lcsb.mapviewer.model.map.species.Element bioEntity : model1.getElements()) {
+        bioEntity.setFontColor(Color.BLACK);
+    }
     //CellDesigner doesn't allow to store compartment font size
     for (Compartment bioEntity : model1.getCompartments()) {
       bioEntity.setFontSize(Compartment.DEFAULT_COMPARTMENT_THICKNESS);