diff --git a/wp-admin/install.php b/wp-admin/install.php
index fffcac0353..d2d2dbfa94 100644
--- a/wp-admin/install.php
+++ b/wp-admin/install.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ if (!$step) $step = 0;
 	<style media="screen" type="text/css">
     <!--
 	body {
+		background-color: white;
 		font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 		margin-left: 15%;
 		margin-right: 15%;
@@ -707,7 +708,7 @@ $guessurl = str_replace('/wp-admin/install.php?step=2', '', 'http://' . $HTTP_HO
 
 
 <?php
-$url = $_POST['url'];
+$url = $_REQUEST['url'];
 if (isset($url)) {
     $query= "UPDATE $tableoptions set option_value='$url' where option_id=1"; //siteurl
     $q = $wpdb->query($query);
diff --git a/wp-admin/upgrade.php b/wp-admin/upgrade.php
index 7e1553575f..07d18ca5d9 100644
--- a/wp-admin/upgrade.php
+++ b/wp-admin/upgrade.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ if (!$step) $step = 0;
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
 <style media="screen" type="text/css">
 	body {
+		background-color: white;
 		font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
 		margin-left: 15%;
 		margin-right: 15%;