diff --git a/lib/core/dump.py b/lib/core/dump.py
index dab3a761a..49aee1e2e 100644
--- a/lib/core/dump.py
+++ b/lib/core/dump.py
@@ -326,9 +326,7 @@ class Dump:
     def dbTableValues(self, tableValues):
         replication = None
         rtable = None
-        documentNode = None
-        tableNode = None
-        rowNode = None
+        documentNode, tableNode, bodyNode, headNode, rowNode = (0,) * 5
         dumpFP = None
 
         if tableValues is None:
@@ -411,8 +409,12 @@ class Dump:
         self._write(separator)
 
         if conf.dumpFormat == DUMP_FORMAT.HTML:
+            headNode = documentNode.createElement("thead")
             rowNode = documentNode.createElement("tr")
-            tableNode.appendChild(rowNode)
+            tableNode.appendChild(headNode)
+            headNode.appendChild(rowNode)
+            bodyNode = documentNode.createElement("tbody")
+            tableNode.appendChild(bodyNode)
 
         for column in columns:
             if column != "__infos__":
@@ -455,7 +457,7 @@ class Dump:
 
             if conf.dumpFormat == DUMP_FORMAT.HTML:
                 rowNode = documentNode.createElement("tr")
-                tableNode.appendChild(rowNode)
+                bodyNode.appendChild(rowNode)
 
             for column in columns:
                 if column != "__infos__":
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index f54ae33bc..e81e651c3 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -503,14 +503,21 @@ FORM_SEARCH_REGEX = r"(?si)<form(?!.+<form).+?</form>"
 # CSS style used in HTML dump format
 HTML_DUMP_CSS_STYLE = """<style>
 table{
-margin:10;
-background-color:#ffffff;
-font-family:verdana;
-font-size:12px;
-align:center;
+    margin:10;
+    background-color:#FFFFFF;
+    font-family:verdana;
+    font-size:12px;
+    align:center;
+}
+thead{
+    font-weight:bold;
+    background-color:#4F81BD;
+    color:#FFFFFF;
+}
+tr:nth-child(even) {
+    background-color: #D3DFEE
 }
 td{
-font-family:verdana;
-font-size:10px;
+    font-size:10px;
 }
 </style>"""