diff --git a/include/QtHtmlReader.h b/include/QtHtmlReader.h
index 456b5f1d..01defa8c 100644
--- a/include/QtHtmlReader.h
+++ b/include/QtHtmlReader.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ namespace openshot
 	 *              5, // y_offset
 	 *              GRAVITY_CENTER, // gravity
 	 *              "<b>Check out</b> this Text!", // html
+	 *              "b { color: #ff0000 }", // css
 	 *              "#000000" // background_color
 	 *              );
 	 * r.Open(); // Open the reader
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ namespace openshot
 		int x_offset;
 		int y_offset;
 		std::string html;
+		std::string css;
 		std::string background_color;
 		std::shared_ptr<QImage> image;
 		bool is_open;
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ namespace openshot
 		/// @param gravity The alignment / gravity of the text
 		/// @param html The html you want to render / display
 		/// @param background_color The background color of the text (also supports Transparent)
-		QtHtmlReader(int width, int height, int x_offset, int y_offset, GravityType gravity, std::string html, std::string background_color);
+		QtHtmlReader(int width, int height, int x_offset, int y_offset, GravityType gravity, std::string html, std::string css, std::string background_color);
 
 		/// Close Reader
 		void Close();
diff --git a/src/QtHtmlReader.cpp b/src/QtHtmlReader.cpp
index 9bda8a18..d73554cb 100644
--- a/src/QtHtmlReader.cpp
+++ b/src/QtHtmlReader.cpp
@@ -40,15 +40,15 @@
 using namespace openshot;
 
 /// Default constructor (blank text)
-QtHtmlReader::QtHtmlReader() : width(1024), height(768), x_offset(0), y_offset(0), html(""), background_color("#000000"), is_open(false), gravity(GRAVITY_CENTER)
+QtHtmlReader::QtHtmlReader() : width(1024), height(768), x_offset(0), y_offset(0), html(""), css(""), background_color("#000000"), is_open(false), gravity(GRAVITY_CENTER)
 {
 	// Open and Close the reader, to populate it's attributes (such as height, width, etc...)
 	Open();
 	Close();
 }
 
-QtHtmlReader::QtHtmlReader(int width, int height, int x_offset, int y_offset, GravityType gravity, std::string html, std::string background_color)
-: width(width), height(height), x_offset(x_offset), y_offset(y_offset), gravity(gravity), html(html), background_color(background_color), is_open(false)
+QtHtmlReader::QtHtmlReader(int width, int height, int x_offset, int y_offset, GravityType gravity, std::string html, std::string css, std::string background_color)
+: width(width), height(height), x_offset(x_offset), y_offset(y_offset), gravity(gravity), html(html), css(css), background_color(background_color), is_open(false)
 {
 	// Open and Close the reader, to populate it's attributes (such as height, width, etc...)
 	Open();
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ void QtHtmlReader::Open()
 		//draw text
 		QTextDocument text_document;
 		text_document.setTextWidth(width);
+		text_document.setDefaultStyleSheet(css.c_str());
 		text_document.setHtml(html.c_str());
 		
 		int td_height = text_document.documentLayout()->documentSize().height();
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ Json::Value QtHtmlReader::JsonValue() {
 	root["x_offset"] = x_offset;
 	root["y_offset"] = y_offset;
 	root["html"] = html;
+	root["css"] = css;
 	root["background_color"] = background_color;
 	root["gravity"] = gravity;
 
@@ -236,10 +238,10 @@ void QtHtmlReader::SetJsonValue(Json::Value root) {
 		y_offset = root["y_offset"].asInt();
 	if (!root["html"].isNull())
 		html = root["html"].asString();
-	
+	if (!root["css"].isNull())
+		css = root["css"].asString();
 	if (!root["background_color"].isNull())
 		background_color = root["background_color"].asString();
-
 	if (!root["gravity"].isNull())
  		gravity = (GravityType) root["gravity"].asInt();
 
diff --git a/src/examples/ExampleHtml.cpp b/src/examples/ExampleHtml.cpp
index 0148b6f7..3f466df0 100644
--- a/src/examples/ExampleHtml.cpp
+++ b/src/examples/ExampleHtml.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[]) {
 	             5, // y_offset
 	             GRAVITY_CENTER, // gravity
 	             "<span style=\"font-family:sans-serif; color:#fff;\"><b>Check out</b> this Text!</span>", // html
+				 "b { color: #ff0000; }",
 	             "#000000" // background_color
 	             );
 	r.Open(); // Open the reader