diff --git a/.config/aerc/aerc.conf b/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
index bf161cda..e01a4e10 100644
--- a/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
+++ b/.config/aerc/aerc.conf
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ index-columns=flags:4,labels<=,name<20%,subject,date>=
 #   column-name={{if match .Folder "^(Gesendet|Sent)$"}}{{index (.To | names) 0}}{{else}}{{index (.From | names) 0}}{{end}}
 #
 # Default settings
-column-flags={{.Style (.Flags | join "") "flags"}}
+column-flags={{.StyleMap .Flags (case `^!$` "important") (default "flags") | join ""}}
 column-name={{.Style (index (.From | names) 0) "name"}}
 # column-subject={{.Style (.ThreadPrefix) "style-name"}}{{.Subject}}
 column-subject={{.Style (printf "%s%s" .ThreadPrefix .Subject) "subject"}}
diff --git a/.config/aerc/stylesets/ashen b/.config/aerc/stylesets/ashen
index 96f80e3c..daf28342 100644
--- a/.config/aerc/stylesets/ashen
+++ b/.config/aerc/stylesets/ashen
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ quote_x.dim= true
 [user]
 labels.fg = #C4693D
 archive.fg = #B14242
+lists.fg = #737373
+important.fg = #C53030
 name.fg = #b4b4b4
 # labels.italic = true
 subject.fg = #B14242