Hi Rajan V,
Thank you so much for you solution. It still left both the hovered and active links blue but adding a line before just to make all links white did the trick.
Thanks again
.navbar-nav a {
color: #fff !important;
}
.navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a, .navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a:hover, .navbar-default .navbar-nav > .active > a:focus {
color: #3498db !important;
}