diff --git a/parser.py b/parser.py
index e171107e3fcd526cfee6d5e85ae370b09c30efe2..c796f72ae805ac965bee1a2350b73f7a098b972a 100644
--- a/parser.py
+++ b/parser.py
@@ -356,10 +356,10 @@ class Fork(Element):
             elif self.test_private(self.name):
                 if show_private:
                     # font: \fontfamily{lmr}\selectfont
-                    return (r"\textit{Interner Abschnitt:" + "\n"
+                    return (r"\colorbox{itemizebackground}{\parbox[t]{\linegoal}{Interner Abschnitt:" + "\n"
                             + r"\begin{itemize}" + "\n"
                             + content_lines + "\n"
-                            + r"\end{itemize}}")
+                            + r"\end{itemize}}}")
                 else:
                     # todo: bessere Formulierung finden
                     return r"\textit{[An dieser Stelle wurde intern protokolliert.]}"
diff --git a/templates/protokoll2.cls b/templates/protokoll2.cls
index 7427c255a61c8c98673a275ef35f930739e49503..dd7f2f981313032c34e194f8c542471c3b91c29b 100644
--- a/templates/protokoll2.cls
+++ b/templates/protokoll2.cls
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 \RequirePackage[babel]{csquotes}
 \RequirePackage{polyglossia}
 \RequirePackage{enumitem}
+\RequirePackage{color}
+\RequirePackage{xcolor}
+\RequirePackage{linegoal}
 
 \setlistdepth{\VAR{maxdepth}}
 \renewlist{itemize}{itemize}{\VAR{maxdepth}}
@@ -30,6 +33,8 @@
     \setlist[itemize,\VAR{index+1}]{label=\VAR{loop.cycle(*bulletpoints)}}
 \ENV{endfor}
 
+\definecolor{itemizebackground}{gray}{0.95}
+
 \setmainlanguage[babelshorthands=true]{german}
 
 \ENV{macro specify_font(font, name)}