diff --git a/client/Main.hs b/client/Main.hs
index 8e75372..bd9b1f0 100644
--- a/client/Main.hs
+++ b/client/Main.hs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE OverloadedStrings #-}
+
 module Main where
 
 import           Brick
@@ -54,13 +56,19 @@ clientHandleEvent :: ClientState -> BrickEvent ResourceName () -> EventM Resourc
 clientHandleEvent cs (VtyEvent (Vty.EvKey (Vty.KChar 'q') [])) = halt cs
 clientHandleEvent cs _                                         = continue cs
 
+clientAttrMap :: AttrMap
+clientAttrMap = attrMap Vty.defAttr
+  [ ("expand", Vty.currentAttr `Vty.withStyle` Vty.bold `Vty.withForeColor` Vty.yellow)
+  , ("focus", Vty.currentAttr `Vty.withBackColor` Vty.blue)
+  ]
+
 clientApp :: App ClientState () ResourceName
 clientApp = App
   { appDraw = clientDraw
   , appChooseCursor = showFirstCursor
   , appHandleEvent = clientHandleEvent
   , appStartEvent = pure
-  , appAttrMap = const $ attrMap Vty.defAttr []
+  , appAttrMap = const clientAttrMap
   }
 
 main :: IO ()
diff --git a/src/Forest/Client/Node.hs b/src/Forest/Client/Node.hs
index 4b4e2fc..5a587f0 100644
--- a/src/Forest/Client/Node.hs
+++ b/src/Forest/Client/Node.hs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ nodeToWidget focused node =
   let nodeWidget = txt $ nodeText node
       expandStyle = if null (nodeChildren node) then "noexpand" else "expand"
       focusStyle = if focused then "focus" else "nofocus"
-  in  withAttr focusStyle $ withAttr expandStyle nodeWidget
+  in  withDefAttr focusStyle $ withDefAttr expandStyle nodeWidget
 
 subnodeToTree :: NodeId -> DrawState -> Node -> WidgetTree ResourceName
 subnodeToTree  nodeId ds node =
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ nodeToTree :: DrawState -> Node -> WidgetTree ResourceName
 nodeToTree ds node = case dsEditor ds of
   Nothing -> WidgetTree nodeWidget subnodeWidgets
   Just ed
+    | not focused -> WidgetTree nodeWidget subnodeWidgets
     | asReply ed -> WidgetTree nodeWidget (subnodeWidgets ++ [WidgetTree (renderNodeEditor ed) []])
     | otherwise  -> WidgetTree (renderNodeEditor ed) subnodeWidgets
   where