diff --git a/src/ui/calendar.rs b/src/ui/calendar.rs
index 50da504..ae413dc 100644
--- a/src/ui/calendar.rs
+++ b/src/ui/calendar.rs
@@ -215,10 +215,18 @@ fn render_events_in_row<Renderer>(
                 },
                 params.ev_bg,
             );
+            let ev_text_size = Size {
+				height: ev_bar.bounds.height - 2.0,
+				width: ev_bar.bounds.width,
+			};
+            let ev_text_position = Point {
+				x: ev_bar.bounds.x,
+				y: ev_bar.bounds.y + 1.0,
+			};
             renderer.fill_text(
                 Text {
                     content: ev_bar.ev.text.as_str(),
-                    bounds: ev_bar.bounds.size(),
+                    bounds: ev_text_size,
                     size: params.ev_fontsize.into(),
                     line_height: LineHeight::default(),
                     font: renderer.default_font(),
@@ -226,7 +234,7 @@ fn render_events_in_row<Renderer>(
                     vertical_alignment: alignment::Vertical::Top,
                     shaping: Shaping::default(),
                 },
-                ev_bar.bounds.position(),
+                ev_text_position,
                 fg,
                 ev_bar.bounds,
             );