diff --git a/home/.config/awesome/utils.lua b/home/.config/awesome/utils.lua
index dbd9989..069ac0e 100644
--- a/home/.config/awesome/utils.lua
+++ b/home/.config/awesome/utils.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 local helpers = require("lain.helpers")
+local markup = require("lain.util.markup")
 
 local utils = {}
 
@@ -10,5 +11,11 @@ function utils.handle_pid(command, callback)
     helpers.async_with_shell(string.format("ps x -o pid=,command=|grep -E '^\\s*[0-9]* %s$'|sed 's/\\s*\\([0-9]*\\) .*/\\1/'", command), callback)
 end
 
+function utils.ansi2markup(ansi, colors)
+    return ansi
+        :gsub("\x1b%[1m([^\x1b]*)", markup.bold("%1"))
+        :gsub("\x1b%[7m([^\x1b]*)", markup.color(colors.base1, colors.base02, "%1"))
+        :gsub("\x1b%[0m([^\x1b]*)", "%1")
+end
 
 return utils
diff --git a/home/.config/awesome/widgets.lua b/home/.config/awesome/widgets.lua
index 5b0c8b5..b153d2b 100644
--- a/home/.config/awesome/widgets.lua
+++ b/home/.config/awesome/widgets.lua
@@ -211,10 +211,10 @@ widgets.cal.toggle = function()
         naughty.destroy(widgets.cal.notification)
         widgets.cal.notification = nil
     else
-        helpers.async({ "khal", "calendar" }, function(output)
+        helpers.async({ "khal", "--color", "calendar" }, function(output)
             widgets.cal.notification = naughty.notify{
                 screen  = awful.screen.focused(),
-                text    = output:gsub("\n$", ""),
+                text    = utils.ansi2markup(output:gsub("\n$", ""), theme.colors),
                 timeout = 0,
             }
         end)