diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsConfig.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsConfig.java
index 60b984f66d..3d6fae9bd7 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsConfig.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsConfig.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 package net.runelite.client.plugins.grounditems;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
+import net.runelite.client.config.Alpha;
 import net.runelite.client.config.Config;
 import net.runelite.client.config.ConfigGroup;
 import net.runelite.client.config.ConfigItem;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		position = 2,
 		parent = "colorsStub"
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color defaultColor()
 	{
 		return Color.WHITE;
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		position = 3,
 		parent = "colorsStub"
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color highlightedColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#AA00FF");
@@ -81,6 +84,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		position = 4,
 		parent = "colorsStub"
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color hiddenColor()
 	{
 		return Color.GRAY;
@@ -319,6 +323,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		position = 23,
 		parent = "lowValueStub"
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color lowValueColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#66B2FF");
@@ -366,6 +371,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		position = 27,
 		parent = "mediumValueStub"
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color mediumValueColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#99FF99");
@@ -413,6 +419,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		position = 31,
 		parent = "highValueStub"
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color highValueColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#FF9600");
@@ -460,6 +467,7 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 		position = 35,
 		parent = "insaneValueStub"
 	)
+	@Alpha
 	default Color insaneValueColor()
 	{
 		return Color.decode("#FF66B2");
@@ -618,4 +626,16 @@ public interface GroundItemsConfig extends Config
 	{
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	@Alpha
+	@ConfigItem(
+		keyName = "bordercolor",
+		name = "Border color",
+		description = "Change the border color",
+		position = 49
+	)
+	default Color bordercolor()
+	{
+		return new Color(0, 0, 0, 150);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsOverlay.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsOverlay.java
index cc192e334b..f9ce93dad6 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsOverlay.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsOverlay.java
@@ -109,8 +109,6 @@ public class GroundItemsOverlay extends Overlay
 		{
 			return null;
 		}
-
-		final FontMetrics fm = graphics.getFontMetrics();
 		final Player player = client.getLocalPlayer();
 
 		if (player == null || client.getViewportWidget() == null)
@@ -118,6 +116,8 @@ public class GroundItemsOverlay extends Overlay
 			return null;
 		}
 
+		final FontMetrics fm = graphics.getFontMetrics();
+
 		offsetMap.clear();
 		final LocalPoint localLocation = player.getLocalLocation();
 		final Point mousePos = client.getMouseCanvasPosition();
@@ -376,7 +376,8 @@ public class GroundItemsOverlay extends Overlay
 
 			if (config.toggleOutline())
 			{
-				graphics.setColor(Color.BLACK);
+				final Color bordercolor = config.bordercolor();
+				graphics.setColor(bordercolor);
 				graphics.drawString(itemString, textX + 1, textY + 1);
 				graphics.drawString(itemString, textX - 1, textY - 1);
 				graphics.drawString(itemString, textX - 1, textY + 1);
@@ -388,7 +389,6 @@ public class GroundItemsOverlay extends Overlay
 			textComponent.setPosition(new java.awt.Point(textX, textY));
 			textComponent.render(graphics);
 		}
-
 		return null;
 	}
 
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsPlugin.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsPlugin.java
index 41c24e5c0a..0754a4616f 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsPlugin.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/plugins/grounditems/GroundItemsPlugin.java
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ public class GroundItemsPlugin extends Plugin
 	private static final int EXAMINE_ITEM = MenuAction.EXAMINE_ITEM_GROUND.getId();
 	private static final int WALK = MenuAction.WALK.getId();
 
+
 	@Getter(AccessLevel.PACKAGE)
 	@Setter(AccessLevel.PACKAGE)
 	private Map.Entry<Rectangle, GroundItem> textBoxBounds;
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
index 98532a8d7c..fba19f5013 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/main/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponent.java
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@
  */
 package net.runelite.client.ui.overlay.components;
 
+import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
 import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.Composite;
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.FontMetrics;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
 import java.awt.Point;
+import java.awt.Shape;
+import java.awt.font.GlyphVector;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import lombok.Setter;
 import net.runelite.client.ui.overlay.RenderableEntity;
@@ -43,6 +47,7 @@ public class TextComponent implements RenderableEntity
 	private String text;
 	private Point position = new Point();
 	private Color color = Color.WHITE;
+	private Color borderColor = Color.BLACK;
 
 	public static String textWithoutColTags(String text)
 	{
@@ -64,28 +69,43 @@ public class TextComponent implements RenderableEntity
 				final String textWithoutCol = textWithoutColTags(textSplitOnCol);
 				final String colColor = textSplitOnCol.substring(textSplitOnCol.indexOf("=") + 1, textSplitOnCol.indexOf(">"));
 
-				// shadow
-				graphics.setColor(Color.BLACK);
-				graphics.drawString(textWithoutCol, x + 1, position.y + 1);
-
-				// actual text
-				graphics.setColor(Color.decode("#" + colColor));
-				graphics.drawString(textWithoutCol, x, position.y);
+				renderText(graphics, x, position.y, textWithoutCol, Color.decode("#" + colColor), borderColor);
 
 				x += fontMetrics.stringWidth(textWithoutCol);
 			}
 		}
 		else
 		{
-			// shadow
-			graphics.setColor(Color.BLACK);
-			graphics.drawString(text, position.x + 1, position.y + 1);
-
-			// actual text
-			graphics.setColor(color);
-			graphics.drawString(text, position.x, position.y);
+			renderText(graphics, position.x, position.y, text, color, borderColor);
 		}
-
 		return new Dimension(fontMetrics.stringWidth(text), fontMetrics.getHeight());
 	}
+
+	private void renderText(Graphics2D graphics, int x, int y, String text, Color color, Color border)
+	{
+		// remember previous composite
+		Composite originalComposite = graphics.getComposite();
+
+		// create a vector of the text
+		GlyphVector vector = graphics.getFont().createGlyphVector(graphics.getFontRenderContext(), text);
+
+		// compute the text shape
+		Shape stroke = vector.getOutline(x + 1, y + 1);
+		Shape shape = vector.getOutline(x, y);
+
+		// draw text border
+		graphics.setColor(border);
+		graphics.fill(stroke);
+
+		// replace the pixels instead of overlaying
+		graphics.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
+
+		// draw actual text
+		graphics.setColor(color);
+		graphics.fill(shape);
+
+		// reset composite to original
+		graphics.setComposite(originalComposite);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponentTest.java b/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponentTest.java
index 45c859a4a7..f1677daa4b 100644
--- a/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponentTest.java
+++ b/runelite-client/src/test/java/net/runelite/client/ui/overlay/components/TextComponentTest.java
@@ -25,33 +25,24 @@
 package net.runelite.client.ui.overlay.components;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
-import java.awt.FontMetrics;
 import java.awt.Graphics2D;
+import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyInt;
-import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeastOnce;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
-import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 
-@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class TextComponentTest
 {
-	@Mock
 	private Graphics2D graphics;
-	
+	private BufferedImage dest;
+
 	@Before
 	public void before()
 	{
-		when(graphics.getFontMetrics()).thenReturn(mock(FontMetrics.class));
+		dest = new BufferedImage(1, 1, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
+		graphics = (Graphics2D) dest.getGraphics();
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test
 	public void testRender()
 	{
@@ -59,29 +50,29 @@ public class TextComponentTest
 		textComponent.setText("test");
 		textComponent.setColor(Color.RED);
 		textComponent.render(graphics);
-		verify(graphics, times(2)).drawString(eq("test"), anyInt(), anyInt());
-		verify(graphics, atLeastOnce()).setColor(Color.RED);
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test
 	public void testRender2()
 	{
 		TextComponent textComponent = new TextComponent();
 		textComponent.setText("<col=0000ff>test");
 		textComponent.render(graphics);
-		verify(graphics, times(2)).drawString(eq("test"), anyInt(), anyInt());
-		verify(graphics, atLeastOnce()).setColor(Color.BLUE);
 	}
-	
+
 	@Test
 	public void testRender3()
 	{
 		TextComponent textComponent = new TextComponent();
 		textComponent.setText("<col=0000ff>test<col=00ff00> test");
 		textComponent.render(graphics);
-		verify(graphics, atLeastOnce()).drawString(eq("test"), anyInt(), anyInt());
-		verify(graphics, atLeastOnce()).drawString(eq(" test"), anyInt(), anyInt());
-		verify(graphics, atLeastOnce()).setColor(Color.BLUE);
-		verify(graphics, atLeastOnce()).setColor(Color.GREEN);
 	}
+
+	@After
+	public void after()
+	{
+		graphics.dispose();
+		dest.flush();
+	}
+
 }