diff --git a/templates/gitweb/manifest.tmpl b/templates/gitweb/manifest.tmpl
--- a/templates/gitweb/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/templates/gitweb/manifest.tmpl
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ manifest |
 
 <div class="title" >#path|escape#</div>
 <table cellspacing="0">
-<tr class="light">
+<tr class="parity#upparity#">
 <td style="font-family:monospace">drwxr-xr-x</td>
 <td style="font-family:monospace"></td>
 <td><a href="{url}file/#node|short##up|urlescape#{sessionvars%urlparameter}">[up]</a></td>