diff --git a/ckMseed/ckMseed.py b/ckMseed/ckMseed.py
index d3965ad522d2689e4e0dcdc808bc6e4bc45bec86..60e58a3877a6e447517751d6ce7ef02e90e63d84 100644
--- a/ckMseed/ckMseed.py
+++ b/ckMseed/ckMseed.py
@@ -1141,13 +1141,13 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
             for indexkey in list(self.big_endian_dict.keys()):
                 index_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
                 index_item.setText(0, "<" + indexkey + ">")
-                index_item.setTextColor(0, blue)
+                index_item.setForeground(0, blue)
                 self.big_e_tree.addTopLevelItem(index_item)
                 index_item.setFirstColumnSpanned(True)
                 for directory in list(self.big_endian_dict[indexkey].keys()):
                     directory_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
                     directory_item.setText(0, "<" + directory + ">")
-                    directory_item.setTextColor(0, green)
+                    directory_item.setForeground(0, green)
                     index_item.addChild(directory_item)
                     directory_item.setFirstColumnSpanned(True)
                     for trace in self.big_endian_dict[indexkey][directory]:
@@ -1161,13 +1161,13 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
             numtrace = 0
             index_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
             index_item.setText(0, "<" + key + ">")
-            index_item.setTextColor(0, blue)
+            index_item.setForeground(0, blue)
             self.big_e_tree.addTopLevelItem(index_item)
             index_item.setFirstColumnSpanned(True)
             for directory in list(self.big_endian_dict[key].keys()):
                 directory_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
                 directory_item.setText(0, "<" + directory + ">")
-                directory_item.setTextColor(0, green)
+                directory_item.setForeground(0, green)
                 index_item.addChild(directory_item)
                 directory_item.setFirstColumnSpanned(True)
                 for trace in self.big_endian_dict[key][directory]:
@@ -1208,13 +1208,13 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
             for indexkey in list(self.little_endian_dict.keys()):
                 index_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
                 index_item.setText(0, "<" + indexkey + ">")
-                index_item.setTextColor(0, blue)
+                index_item.setForeground(0, blue)
                 self.little_e_tree.addTopLevelItem(index_item)
                 index_item.setFirstColumnSpanned(True)
                 for directory in list(self.little_endian_dict[indexkey].keys()):
                     directory_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
                     directory_item.setText(0, "<" + directory + ">")
-                    directory_item.setTextColor(0, green)
+                    directory_item.setForeground(0, green)
                     index_item.addChild(directory_item)
                     directory_item.setFirstColumnSpanned(True)
                     for trace in self.little_endian_dict[indexkey][directory]:
@@ -1228,13 +1228,13 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
             numtrace = 0
             index_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
             index_item.setText(0, "<" + key + ">")
-            index_item.setTextColor(0, blue)
+            index_item.setForeground(0, blue)
             self.little_e_tree.addTopLevelItem(index_item)
             index_item.setFirstColumnSpanned(True)
             for directory in list(self.little_endian_dict[key].keys()):
                 directory_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
                 directory_item.setText(0, "<" + directory + ">")
-                directory_item.setTextColor(0, green)
+                directory_item.setForeground(0, green)
                 index_item.addChild(directory_item)
                 directory_item.setFirstColumnSpanned(True)
                 for trace in self.little_endian_dict[key][directory]:
@@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ class MainWindow(QWidget):
             textcmd = textcmd.replace('\n', '')
             error_item = QTreeWidgetItem()
             error_item.setText(0, textcmd)
-            error_item.setTextColor(0, color)
+            error_item.setForeground(0, color)
             self.error_tree.addTopLevelItem(error_item)
             # self.error_text.setTextColor(color)
             # self.error_text.append(textcmd)