diff --git a/src/js/Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.Line.js b/src/js/Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.Line.js
index f3cde8ce..73024472 100644
--- a/src/js/Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.Line.js
+++ b/src/js/Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.Line.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.Line = Rickshaw.Class.create( Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer, {
 		return Rickshaw.extend( $super(), {
 			unstack: true,
 			fill: false,
-			stroke: true
+			stroke: false
 		} );
 	},
 
diff --git a/src/js/Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.js b/src/js/Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.js
index abc59f45..ab82234f 100644
--- a/src/js/Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.js
+++ b/src/js/Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer.js
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ Rickshaw.Graph.Renderer = Rickshaw.Class.create( {
 	_styleSeries: function(series) {
 
 		var fill = this.fill ? series.color : 'none';
-		var stroke = this.stroke ? series.color : 'none';
+		var stroke = this.stroke ? series.color : '#000000';
 
 		series.path.setAttribute('fill', fill);
 		series.path.setAttribute('stroke', stroke);