=== modified file 'src/display/canvas-grid.cpp'
--- src/display/canvas-grid.cpp	2014-03-30 21:43:02 +0000
+++ src/display/canvas-grid.cpp	2014-08-16 01:16:07 +0000
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@
     cairo_stroke(buf->ct);
 }
 
+//Function that makes grid dots
 static void
 grid_dot (SPCanvasBuf *buf, gint x, gint y, guint32 rgba)
 {
@@ -949,13 +950,13 @@
                      || (!scaled[Geom::Y] && (ylinenum % empspacing) != 0)
                      || ((scaled[Geom::X] || scaled[Geom::Y]) && no_emp_when_zoomed_out) )
                 {
-                    grid_dot (buf, ix, iy, color | (guint32)0x000000FF); // put alpha to max value
+                    grid_dot (buf, ix, iy, color );
                 } else {
                     gint const pitch = 1;
                     grid_dot (buf, ix-pitch, iy, _empcolor);
                     grid_dot (buf, ix+pitch, iy, _empcolor);
 
-                    grid_dot (buf, ix, iy, _empcolor | (guint32)0x000000FF);  // put alpha to max value
+                    grid_dot (buf, ix, iy, _empcolor );
 
                     grid_dot (buf, ix, iy-pitch, _empcolor);
                     grid_dot (buf, ix, iy+pitch, _empcolor);