diff --git a/write_utils.py b/write_utils.py
index 626fa8c..dd2c494 100644
--- a/write_utils.py
+++ b/write_utils.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ def get_html_text(text):
 
 def get_html_header(refresh_rate=10):
     header = ['<!DOCTYPE html>',
-              '<html>',
+              '<html lang="en">',
               '<head>',
               '  <title>SurvBot status</title>',
               '  <link rel="stylesheet" media="only screen and (max-width: 400px)" href="mobile.css">',
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def get_html_header(refresh_rate=10):
               '  <meta charset="utf-8">',
               '  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">',
               '</head>',
-              '<body>']
+              '<body>\n']
     header = _convert_to_textstring(header)
     return header
 
@@ -86,8 +86,14 @@ def get_html_row(items, html_key='td'):
         text_str = get_html_link(text, hyperlink) if hyperlink else text
         html_class = item.get('html_class')
         class_str = f' class="{html_class}"' if html_class else ''
-        row_string += 2 * default_space + f'<{html_key}{class_str} bgcolor="{color}" title="{tooltip}"' \
-                      + f'style="color:{font_color}">{text_str}</{html_key}>\n'
+        row_string += 2 * default_space + f'<{html_key}{class_str} '
+        row_string += f'title="{tooltip}" ' if tooltip else ''
+        row_string += 'style="' if color or font_color else ''
+        row_string += f'background-color: {color};' if color else 'style="'
+        row_string += ' ' if font_color else ''
+        row_string += f'color: {font_color};' if font_color else ''
+        row_string += '" ' if color or font_color else '' 
+        row_string += f'>{text_str}</{html_key}>\n'
     row_string += default_space + '</tr>\n'
     return row_string
 
