diff --git a/kittens/tui/operations.py b/kittens/tui/operations.py
index 94e28d6d0..3f64a67a7 100644
--- a/kittens/tui/operations.py
+++ b/kittens/tui/operations.py
@@ -166,11 +166,8 @@ def scroll_screen(amt: int = 1) -> str:
     return '\033[' + str(abs(amt)) + ('T' if amt < 0 else 'S')
 
 
-STANDARD_COLORS = {name: i for i, name in enumerate(
-    'black red green yellow blue magenta cyan gray'.split())}
-STANDARD_COLORS['white'] = STANDARD_COLORS['gray']
-UNDERLINE_STYLES = {name: i + 1 for i, name in enumerate(
-    'straight double curly dotted dashed'.split())}
+STANDARD_COLORS = {'black': 0, 'red': 1, 'green': 2, 'yellow': 3, 'blue': 4, 'magenta': 5, 'cyan': 6, 'gray': 7, 'white': 7}
+UNDERLINE_STYLES = {'straight': 1, 'double': 2, 'curly': 3, 'dotted': 4, 'dashed': 5}
 
 
 ColorSpec = Union[int, str, Color]
diff --git a/kitty/options/utils.py b/kitty/options/utils.py
index 8495c77e7..a0de71533 100644
--- a/kitty/options/utils.py
+++ b/kitty/options/utils.py
@@ -500,18 +500,14 @@ def scrollback_pager_history_size(x: str) -> int:
     return min(ans, 4096 * 1024 * 1024 - 1)
 
 
+# "single" for backwards compat
+url_style_map = {'none': 0, 'single': 1, 'straight': 1, 'double': 2, 'curly': 3, 'dotted': 4, 'dashed': 5}
+
+
 def url_style(x: str) -> int:
-    # for backwards compat
-    if x == 'single':
-        x = 'straight'
     return url_style_map.get(x, url_style_map['curly'])
 
 
-url_style_map = {
-    v: i for i, v in enumerate('none straight double curly dotted dashed'.split())
-}
-
-
 def url_prefixes(x: str) -> Tuple[str, ...]:
     return tuple(a.lower() for a in x.replace(',', ' ').split())