diff --git a/src/charttheme.cpp b/src/charttheme.cpp
index 5a74ba6..8e6e06f 100644
--- a/src/charttheme.cpp
+++ b/src/charttheme.cpp
@@ -205,9 +205,10 @@ void ChartTheme::decorate(PiePresenter* item, QPieSeries* series, int count)
     // Get color for a slice from a gradient linearly, beginning from the start of the gradient
     for (int i(0); i < series->slices().count(); i++) {
         qreal pos = (qreal) i / (qreal) series->count();
-        QColor c = colorAt(m_seriesGradients.at(count % m_seriesGradients.size()), pos);
-        series->slices().at(i)->setSlicePen(c);
-        series->slices().at(i)->setSliceBrush(c);
+        QColor penColor = colorAt(m_seriesGradients.at(count % m_seriesGradients.size()), 0.1);
+        series->slices().at(i)->setSlicePen(penColor);
+        QColor brushColor = colorAt(m_seriesGradients.at(count % m_seriesGradients.size()), pos);
+        series->slices().at(i)->setSliceBrush(brushColor);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/chartwidgettest/mainwidget.cpp b/test/chartwidgettest/mainwidget.cpp
index 94bf96c..cff07cf 100644
--- a/test/chartwidgettest/mainwidget.cpp
+++ b/test/chartwidgettest/mainwidget.cpp
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ QList<RealList> MainWidget::generateTestData(int columnCount, int rowCount, QStr
             } else if (dataCharacteristics == "Sin + random") {
                 newColumn.append(abs(sin(3.14159265358979 / 50 * i) * 100) + (rand() % 5));
             } else if (dataCharacteristics == "Random") {
-                newColumn.append(rand() % 5);
+                newColumn.append(rand() % 10 + (qreal) rand() / (qreal) RAND_MAX);
             } else if (dataCharacteristics == "Linear") {
                 //newColumn.append(i * (j + 1.0));
                 // TODO: temporary hack to make pie work; prevent zero values: