diff --git a/plexpy/config.py b/plexpy/config.py
index ef71cd1e..5c5ade78 100644
--- a/plexpy/config.py
+++ b/plexpy/config.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ _CONFIG_DEFINITIONS = {
     'HTTP_ROOT': (str, 'General', ''),
     'HTTP_USERNAME': (str, 'General', ''),
     'HIPCHAT_URL': (str, 'Hipchat', ''),
-    'HIPCHAT_COLOR': (str, 'Hipchat', 'green'),
+    'HIPCHAT_COLOR': (str, 'Hipchat', ''),
     'HIPCHAT_INCL_SUBJECT': (int, 'Hipchat', 1),
     'HIPCHAT_EMOTICON': (str, 'Hipchat', ''),
     'HIPCHAT_ENABLED': (int, 'Hipchat', 0),
diff --git a/plexpy/notifiers.py b/plexpy/notifiers.py
index 6a6c9efb..97413cb2 100644
--- a/plexpy/notifiers.py
+++ b/plexpy/notifiers.py
@@ -2769,11 +2769,13 @@ class HIPCHAT(object):
         if self.emoticon:
             text = self.emoticon + ' ' + text
 
-        data = {'color': self.color,
-                'message': text,
+        data = {'message': text,
                 'notify': 'false',
                 'message_format': 'text'}
 
+        if self.color:
+            data['color'] = self.color
+
         hiphost = urlparse(self.apiurl).hostname
         hippath = urlparse(self.apiurl).path
         hipquery = urlparse(self.apiurl).query