diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/views/MonthView.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/views/MonthView.kt
index 82803be1c..cef900d44 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/views/MonthView.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/calendar/views/MonthView.kt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.simplemobiletools.calendar.views
 import android.content.Context
 import android.graphics.Canvas
 import android.graphics.Paint
+import android.graphics.RectF
 import android.text.TextPaint
 import android.text.TextUtils
 import android.util.AttributeSet
@@ -20,6 +21,9 @@ import org.joda.time.DateTime
 
 // used in the Monthly view fragment, 1 view per screen
 class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(context, attrs, defStyle) {
+    private val BG_CORNER_RADIUS = 4f
+    private val ROW_COUNT = 6
+
     private var paint: Paint
     private var eventTitlePaint: TextPaint
     private var dayWidth = 0f
@@ -30,7 +34,8 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
     private var weekDaysLetterHeight = 0
     private var eventTitleHeight = 0
     private var currDayOfWeek = 0
-    private var eventTitlePadding = 0
+    private var smallPadding = 0
+    private var bgRectF = RectF()
     private var dayLetters = ArrayList<String>()
     private var days = ArrayList<DayMonthly>()
     private var dayVerticalOffsets = SparseIntArray()
@@ -42,9 +47,9 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
         textColor = context.config.textColor
         weakTextColor = textColor.adjustAlpha(LOW_ALPHA)
 
-        eventTitlePadding = resources.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.tiny_margin)
+        smallPadding = resources.displayMetrics.density.toInt()
         val normalTextSize = resources.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.normal_text_size)
-        weekDaysLetterHeight = 2 * normalTextSize
+        weekDaysLetterHeight = normalTextSize * 2
 
         paint = Paint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG).apply {
             color = textColor
@@ -53,7 +58,7 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
         }
 
         val smallerTextSize = resources.getDimensionPixelSize(R.dimen.smaller_text_size)
-        eventTitleHeight = smallerTextSize + 2 * eventTitlePadding
+        eventTitleHeight = smallerTextSize
         eventTitlePaint = TextPaint(Paint.ANTI_ALIAS_FLAG).apply {
             color = textColor
             textSize = smallerTextSize.toFloat()
@@ -73,14 +78,16 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
 
     override fun onDraw(canvas: Canvas) {
         super.onDraw(canvas)
+        dayVerticalOffsets.clear()
         if (dayWidth == 0f) {
             dayWidth = canvas.width / 7f
         }
 
         if (dayHeight == 0f) {
-            dayHeight = (canvas.height - weekDaysLetterHeight) / 6f
+            dayHeight = (canvas.height - weekDaysLetterHeight) / ROW_COUNT.toFloat()
         }
 
+        // week day letters
         for (i in 0..6) {
             val xPos = (i + 1) * dayWidth - dayWidth / 2
             var weekDayLetterPaint = paint
@@ -91,22 +98,33 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
         }
 
         var curId = 0
-        for (y in 0..5) {
+        for (y in 0 until ROW_COUNT) {
             for (x in 0..6) {
                 val day = days.getOrNull(curId)
                 if (day != null) {
+                    dayVerticalOffsets.put(day.indexOnMonthView, dayVerticalOffsets[day.indexOnMonthView] + weekDaysLetterHeight)
                     val xPos = x * dayWidth
-                    val yPos = y * dayHeight + weekDaysLetterHeight
+                    val yPos = y * dayHeight + dayVerticalOffsets[day.indexOnMonthView]
                     val xPosCenter = xPos + dayWidth / 2
                     if (day.isToday) {
                         canvas.drawCircle(xPosCenter, yPos + paint.textSize * 0.7f, paint.textSize * 0.75f, getCirclePaint(day))
                     }
                     canvas.drawText(day.value.toString(), xPosCenter, yPos + paint.textSize, getTextPaint(day))
-                    dayVerticalOffsets.put(day.indexOnMonthView, weekDaysLetterHeight)
 
                     day.dayEvents.forEach {
-                        drawEventTitle(it.title, canvas, xPos, yPos + dayVerticalOffsets[day.indexOnMonthView])
-                        dayVerticalOffsets.put(day.indexOnMonthView, dayVerticalOffsets[day.indexOnMonthView] + eventTitleHeight)
+                        val verticalOffset = dayVerticalOffsets[day.indexOnMonthView]
+
+                        // background rectangle
+                        val backgroundY = yPos + verticalOffset
+                        val bgLeft = xPos + smallPadding
+                        val bgTop = backgroundY + smallPadding - eventTitleHeight
+                        val bgRight = xPos + dayWidth - smallPadding
+                        val bgBottom = backgroundY + smallPadding * 2
+                        bgRectF.set(bgLeft, bgTop, bgRight, bgBottom)
+                        canvas.drawRoundRect(bgRectF, BG_CORNER_RADIUS, BG_CORNER_RADIUS, getColoredPaint(it.color))
+
+                        drawEventTitle(it.title, canvas, xPos, yPos + verticalOffset, it.color)
+                        dayVerticalOffsets.put(day.indexOnMonthView, verticalOffset + eventTitleHeight + smallPadding * 2)
                     }
                 }
                 curId++
@@ -114,9 +132,9 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
         }
     }
 
-    private fun drawEventTitle(title: String, canvas: Canvas, x: Float, y: Float) {
-        val ellipsized = TextUtils.ellipsize(title, eventTitlePaint, dayWidth - 2 * eventTitlePadding, TextUtils.TruncateAt.END)
-        canvas.drawText(title, 0, ellipsized.length, x + eventTitlePadding, y, eventTitlePaint)
+    private fun drawEventTitle(title: String, canvas: Canvas, x: Float, y: Float, eventColor: Int) {
+        val ellipsized = TextUtils.ellipsize(title, eventTitlePaint, dayWidth - smallPadding * 4, TextUtils.TruncateAt.END)
+        canvas.drawText(title, 0, ellipsized.length, x + smallPadding * 2, y, getEventTitlePaint(eventColor))
     }
 
     private fun getTextPaint(day: DayMonthly): Paint {
@@ -138,6 +156,12 @@ class MonthView(context: Context, attrs: AttributeSet, defStyle: Int) : View(con
         return curPaint
     }
 
+    private fun getEventTitlePaint(color: Int): Paint {
+        val curPaint = Paint(eventTitlePaint)
+        curPaint.color = color.getContrastColor()
+        return curPaint
+    }
+
     private fun getCirclePaint(day: DayMonthly): Paint {
         val curPaint = Paint(paint)
         var paintColor = primaryColor