diff --git a/src/ui/map3D/Pixhawk3DWidget.cc b/src/ui/map3D/Pixhawk3DWidget.cc
index f0451f407e129e4567d5ff207c54bbd206d1a49d..fb18f3365899cf6632fa80a4457b312cf9f89a6f 100644
--- a/src/ui/map3D/Pixhawk3DWidget.cc
+++ b/src/ui/map3D/Pixhawk3DWidget.cc
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ Pixhawk3DWidget::findVehicleModels(void)
     // add sphere of 0.05m radius
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Sphere> sphere = new osg::Sphere(osg::Vec3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), 0.05f);
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::ShapeDrawable> sphereDrawable = new osg::ShapeDrawable(sphere);
+    sphereDrawable->setColor(osg::Vec4f(0.5f, 0.0f, 0.5f, 1.0f));
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Geode> sphereGeode = new osg::Geode;
     sphereGeode->addDrawable(sphereDrawable);
     sphereGeode->setName("Sphere (0.1m)");