diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index d8c56002e..97913c153 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -68,4 +68,5 @@ LANGUAGES UPDATED:
 
 beta4->beta5 changelog:
 - BUGFIX: Finished torrents were still displayed as checking when paused by libtorrent on full disk (hit an assert)
-- I18N: Updated Italian translation
\ No newline at end of file
+- I18N: Updated Italian translation
+- COSMETIC: Changed the way progress bars are rendered
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/DLListDelegate.h b/src/DLListDelegate.h
index 54ca27aae..902cb6052 100644
--- a/src/DLListDelegate.h
+++ b/src/DLListDelegate.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ class DLListDelegate: public QItemDelegate {
         }
         case PROGRESS:{
           QStyleOptionProgressBarV2 newopt;
-          QPalette::ColorGroup cg = option.state & QStyle::State_Enabled ? QPalette::Normal : QPalette::Disabled;
           float progress;
           progress = index.data().toDouble()*100.;
           snprintf(tmp, MAX_CHAR_TMP, "%.1f", progress);
@@ -89,15 +88,9 @@ class DLListDelegate: public QItemDelegate {
           newopt.maximum = 100;
           newopt.minimum = 0;
           newopt.state |= QStyle::State_Enabled;
-          newopt.textVisible = false;
+          newopt.textVisible = true;
           QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ProgressBar, &newopt,
           painter);
-          //We prefer to display text manually to control color/font/boldness
-          if (option.state & QStyle::State_Selected){
-            opt.palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, QColor("grey"));
-            painter->setPen(opt.palette.color(cg, QPalette::Text));
-          }
-          painter->drawText(opt.rect, Qt::AlignCenter, newopt.text);
           break;
         }
         default:
diff --git a/src/FinishedListDelegate.h b/src/FinishedListDelegate.h
index 797604c7f..2484623b1 100644
--- a/src/FinishedListDelegate.h
+++ b/src/FinishedListDelegate.h
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ class FinishedListDelegate: public QItemDelegate {
         }
         case F_PROGRESS:{
           QStyleOptionProgressBarV2 newopt;
-          QPalette::ColorGroup cg = option.state & QStyle::State_Enabled ? QPalette::Normal : QPalette::Disabled;
           float progress;
           progress = index.data().toDouble()*100.;
           snprintf(tmp, MAX_CHAR_TMP, "%.1f", progress);
@@ -82,15 +81,9 @@ class FinishedListDelegate: public QItemDelegate {
           newopt.maximum = 100;
           newopt.minimum = 0;
           newopt.state |= QStyle::State_Enabled;
-          newopt.textVisible = false;
+          newopt.textVisible = true;
           QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ProgressBar, &newopt,
           painter);
-          //We prefer to display text manually to control color/font/boldness
-          if (option.state & QStyle::State_Selected){
-            opt.palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, QColor("grey"));
-            painter->setPen(opt.palette.color(cg, QPalette::Text));
-          }
-          painter->drawText(option.rect, Qt::AlignCenter, newopt.text);
           break;
         }
         default:
diff --git a/src/PropListDelegate.h b/src/PropListDelegate.h
index 539c7c33b..ecdeb005c 100644
--- a/src/PropListDelegate.h
+++ b/src/PropListDelegate.h
@@ -76,15 +76,9 @@ class PropListDelegate: public QItemDelegate {
           newopt.maximum = 100;
           newopt.minimum = 0;
           newopt.state |= QStyle::State_Enabled;
-          newopt.textVisible = false;
+          newopt.textVisible = true;
           QApplication::style()->drawControl(QStyle::CE_ProgressBar, &newopt,
           painter);
-          //We prefer to display text manually to control color/font/boldness
-          if (option.state & QStyle::State_Selected){
-            opt.palette.setColor(QPalette::Text, QColor("grey"));
-            painter->setPen(opt.palette.color(cg, QPalette::Text));
-          }
-          painter->drawText(option.rect, Qt::AlignCenter, newopt.text);
           break;
         }
         case PRIORITY:{