diff --git a/awesome/background_widget.lua b/awesome/background_widget.lua
index a6e6429..3977df4 100644
--- a/awesome/background_widget.lua
+++ b/awesome/background_widget.lua
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ end
 
 function todo_list_widget(todo, s)
 
-    local text = '\n    <b>' .. todo.title .. '</b>\n'
+    local text = '\n    <b>' .. todo.title .. '</b>    \n'
 
     for key, item in pairs(todo.items) do
-        text = text .. '        - ' .. item .. '\n'
+        text = text .. '        - ' .. item .. '        \n'
     end
 
     local text = wibox.widget {
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ function todo_list_widget(todo, s)
 
     widget.shape_border_width = 1
     widget.shape_border_color = "#ffffff"
-    widget.forced_width = todo.width
-    widget.forced_height = todo.height
     widget.point = { x = todo.x, y = todo.y }
 
     return widget
@@ -54,10 +52,17 @@ function add_background_widget(s)
 
         todo = json.parse(content)
 
+        local margin = 25
+
         local l = wibox.layout {
-            layout  = wibox.layout.manual
+            homogeneous   = true,
+            spacing       = margin,
+            forced_num_cols = 3,
+            layout        = wibox.layout.grid,
         }
 
+        l:set_orientation('horizontal')
+
         local widgets = {}
 
         for key, val in pairs(todo) do
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ function add_background_widget(s)
         })
 
         background_widget:setup {
-            l,
+            wibox.container.margin(l, margin, margin, margin, margin),
             layout = wibox.layout.manual
         }