diff --git a/mpf/platforms/p_roc.py b/mpf/platforms/p_roc.py
index eae5bae5d..35cc93db1 100644
--- a/mpf/platforms/p_roc.py
+++ b/mpf/platforms/p_roc.py
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ def __init__(self, pinproc, proc, machine):
         # size is hardcoded here since 128x32 is all the P-ROC hw supports
         self.dmd = pinproc.DMDBuffer(128, 32)
 
+        # work around pypinproc bug (fixed upstream)
+        self.proc.set_dmd_color_mapping(list(range(0, 16)))
+
         # dmd_timing defaults should be 250, 400, 180, 800
         if self.machine.config['p_roc']['dmd_timing_cycles']:
             dmd_timing = Util.string_to_list(