diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c0090363..e269202d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ Output Logs/
 /Archipelago.zip
 /setup.ini
 /installdelete.iss
+/data/user.kv
 
 # Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
 __pycache__/
diff --git a/data/client.kv b/data/client.kv
index 5948a3eb..117539b7 100644
--- a/data/client.kv
+++ b/data/client.kv
@@ -1,4 +1,21 @@
-<TabbedPanel>
+<TextColors>:
+    # Hex-format RGB colors used in clients. Resets after an update/install.
+    # To avoid, you can copy the TextColors section into a new "user.kv" next to this file
+    # and it will read from there instead.
+    black: "000000"
+    red: "EE0000"
+    green: "00FF7F"  # typically a location
+    yellow: "FAFAD2"  # typically other slots/players
+    blue: "6495ED"  # typically extra info (such as entrance)
+    magenta: "EE00EE"  # typically your slot/player
+    cyan: "00EEEE"  # typically regular item
+    slateblue: "6D8BE8"  # typically useful item
+    plum: "AF99EF"  # typically progression item
+    salmon: "FA8072"  # typically trap item
+    white: "FFFFFF"  # not used, if you want to change the generic text color change color in Label
+<Label>:
+    color: "FFFFFF"
+<TabbedPanel>:
     tab_width: root.width / app.tab_count
 <SelectableLabel>:
     canvas.before:
diff --git a/kvui.py b/kvui.py
index 2fa2d455..c442afe5 100644
--- a/kvui.py
+++ b/kvui.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import logging
 import typing
-import asyncio
 
 os.environ["KIVY_NO_CONSOLELOG"] = "1"
 os.environ["KIVY_NO_FILELOG"] = "1"
@@ -26,6 +25,7 @@ from kivy.base import ExceptionHandler, ExceptionManager
 from kivy.clock import Clock
 from kivy.factory import Factory
 from kivy.properties import BooleanProperty, ObjectProperty
+from kivy.uix.widget import Widget
 from kivy.uix.button import Button
 from kivy.uix.gridlayout import GridLayout
 from kivy.uix.layout import Layout
@@ -538,6 +538,19 @@ class E(ExceptionHandler):
 
 
 class KivyJSONtoTextParser(JSONtoTextParser):
+    # dummy class to absorb kvlang definitions
+    class TextColors(Widget):
+        pass
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        # we grab the color definitions from the .kv file, then overwrite the JSONtoTextParser default entries
+        colors = self.TextColors()
+        color_codes = self.color_codes.copy()
+        for name, code in color_codes.items():
+            color_codes[name] = getattr(colors, name, code)
+        self.color_codes = color_codes
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.ref_count = 0
         return super(KivyJSONtoTextParser, self).__call__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -587,3 +600,8 @@ class KivyJSONtoTextParser(JSONtoTextParser):
 ExceptionManager.add_handler(E())
 
 Builder.load_file(Utils.local_path("data", "client.kv"))
+user_file = Utils.local_path("data", "user.kv")
+if os.path.exists(user_file):
+    logging.info("Loading user.kv into builder.")
+    Builder.load_file(user_file)
+