diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/WidgetConfigureActivity.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/WidgetConfigureActivity.kt
index 3ee3401d..9fe4a273 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/WidgetConfigureActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/activities/WidgetConfigureActivity.kt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class WidgetConfigureActivity : SimpleActivity() {
         views.setBackgroundColor(R.id.text_note_view, mBgColor)
         views.setBackgroundColor(R.id.checklist_note_view, mBgColor)
         AppWidgetManager.getInstance(this).updateAppWidget(mWidgetId, views)
-        val widget = Widget(null, mWidgetId, mCurrentNoteId)
+        val widget = Widget(null, mWidgetId, mCurrentNoteId, mBgColor, mTextColor)
         ensureBackgroundThread {
             widgetsDB.insertOrUpdate(widget)
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/databases/NotesDatabase.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/databases/NotesDatabase.kt
index 849b549f..415691ef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/databases/NotesDatabase.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/databases/NotesDatabase.kt
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ import android.content.Context
 import androidx.room.Database
 import androidx.room.Room
 import androidx.room.RoomDatabase
+import androidx.room.migration.Migration
 import androidx.sqlite.db.SupportSQLiteDatabase
+import com.simplemobiletools.commons.helpers.DEFAULT_WIDGET_BG_COLOR
 import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.R
+import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.helpers.DEFAULT_WIDGET_TEXT_COLOR
 import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.helpers.TYPE_TEXT
 import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.interfaces.NotesDao
 import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.interfaces.WidgetsDao
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.models.Note
 import com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.models.Widget
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors
 
-@Database(entities = [Note::class, Widget::class], version = 1)
+@Database(entities = [Note::class, Widget::class], version = 2)
 abstract class NotesDatabase : RoomDatabase() {
 
     abstract fun NotesDao(): NotesDao
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ abstract class NotesDatabase : RoomDatabase() {
                                         insertFirstNote(context)
                                     }
                                 })
+                                .addMigrations(MIGRATION_1_2)
                                 .build()
                         db!!.openHelper.setWriteAheadLoggingEnabled(true)
                     }
@@ -53,5 +57,14 @@ abstract class NotesDatabase : RoomDatabase() {
                 db!!.NotesDao().insertOrUpdate(note)
             }
         }
+
+        private val MIGRATION_1_2 = object : Migration(1, 2) {
+            override fun migrate(database: SupportSQLiteDatabase) {
+                database.apply {
+                    execSQL("ALTER TABLE widgets ADD COLUMN widget_bg_color INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT $DEFAULT_WIDGET_BG_COLOR")
+                    execSQL("ALTER TABLE widgets ADD COLUMN widget_text_color INTEGER NOT NULL DEFAULT $DEFAULT_WIDGET_TEXT_COLOR")
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/helpers/Constants.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/helpers/Constants.kt
index 04335887..026bbd88 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/helpers/Constants.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/helpers/Constants.kt
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 package com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro.helpers
 
+import android.graphics.Color
+
 const val NOTE_ID = "note_id"
 const val OPEN_NOTE_ID = "open_note_id"
 const val DONE_CHECKLIST_ITEM_ALPHA = 0.4f
+val DEFAULT_WIDGET_TEXT_COLOR = Color.parseColor("#FFF57C00")
 
 // shared preferences
 const val CURRENT_NOTE_ID = "current_note_id"
diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/models/Widget.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/models/Widget.kt
index 59b733ab..06e571c3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/models/Widget.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/simplemobiletools/notes/pro/models/Widget.kt
@@ -9,4 +9,6 @@ import androidx.room.PrimaryKey
 data class Widget(
         @PrimaryKey(autoGenerate = true) var id: Long?,
         @ColumnInfo(name = "widget_id") var widgetId: Int,
-        @ColumnInfo(name = "note_id") var noteId: Long)
+        @ColumnInfo(name = "note_id") var noteId: Long,
+        @ColumnInfo(name = "widget_bg_color") var widgetBgColor: Int,
+        @ColumnInfo(name = "widget_text_color") var widgetTextColor: Int)