diff --git a/templates/manifest.tmpl b/templates/manifest.tmpl
--- a/templates/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/templates/manifest.tmpl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 <h2>manifest for changeset #node|short#: #path|escape#</h2>
 
 <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
-<tr class="parity1">
+<tr class="parity#upparity#">
   <td><tt>drwxr-xr-x</tt>&nbsp;
   <td>&nbsp;
   <td><a href="#url#file/#node|short##up|urlescape#{sessionvars%urlparameter}">[up]</a>