diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index a3b5b48..050e351 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ static const int showbar                 = 1;        /* 0 means no bar */
 static const int topbar                  = 0;        /* 0 means bottom bar */
 static const int user_bh                 = 50;       /* 0 means that dwm will calculate bar height, >= 1 means dwm will user_bh as bar height */
 static const int vertpad                 = 8;        /* vertical padding of bar */
-static const int sidepad                 = 5;        /* horizontal padding of bar */
+static const int sidepad                 = 5;       /* horizontal padding of bar */
 static const char *fonts[]               = { 
 	"JetBrainsMonoNL Nerd Font:size=20", 
 	"Iosevka Nerd Font:size=20" ,
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ static const char col_gray1[]            = "#101010";
 static const char col_gray2[]            = "#444444";
 static const char col_gray3[]            = "#b9b9b9";
 static const char col_gray4[]            = "#525252";
+static const char col_borderbar[]        = "#525252";
 static const char *colors[][3]           = {
 	/*               fg         bg         border   */
 	[SchemeNorm] = { col_gray3, col_gray1, col_gray2 },
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 18f7b3b..36f2d24 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ static void (*handler[LASTEvent]) (XEvent *) = {
 static Atom wmatom[WMLast], netatom[NetLast], xatom[XLast];
 static int running = 1;
 static Cur *cursor[CurLast];
-static Clr **scheme;
+static Clr **scheme, clrborder;
 static Display *dpy;
 static Drw *drw;
 static Monitor *mons, *selmon;
@@ -947,6 +947,8 @@ drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char* stext) {
 	short isCode = 0;
 	char *text;
 	char *p;
+	int mw = m->ww - borderpx * 2;
+	int th = bh - borderpx * 2;
 
 	len = strlen(stext) + 1 ;
 	if (!(text = (char*) malloc(sizeof(char)*len)))
@@ -985,12 +987,12 @@ drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char* stext) {
 	text = p;
 
 	w += 2; /* 1px padding on both sides */
-	ret = x = m->ww - w;
+	ret = x = m->ww - w - borderpx * 2;
 
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[LENGTH(colors)]);
 	drw->scheme[ColFg] = scheme[SchemeNorm][ColFg];
 	drw->scheme[ColBg] = scheme[SchemeNorm][ColBg];
-	drw_rect(drw, x, 0, w, bh, 1, 1);
+	drw_rect(drw, x, borderpx, w + borderpx - sp * 2, th, 1, 1);
 	x++;
 
 	/* process status text */
@@ -1001,7 +1003,7 @@ drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char* stext) {
 
 			text[i] = '\0';
 			w = TEXTW(text, statusfontindex) - lrpad;
-			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, 0, text, 0, statusfontindex);
+			drw_text(drw, x, borderpx, w + borderpx, bh, 0, text, 0, statusfontindex);
 
 			x += w;
 
@@ -1045,7 +1047,7 @@ drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char* stext) {
 
 	if (!isCode) {
 		w = TEXTW(text, statusfontindex) - lrpad;
-		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, 0, text, 0, statusfontindex);
+		drw_text(drw, x - 2 * sp, borderpx, w + borderpx, th, 0, text, 0, statusfontindex);
 	}
 
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
@@ -1057,12 +1059,17 @@ drawstatusbar(Monitor *m, int bh, char* stext) {
 void
 drawbar(Monitor *m)
 {
-	int x, w, tw = 0, stw = 0;
+	int x, y = borderpx, w, tw = 0, stw = 0;
+	int th = bh - borderpx * 2;
+	int mw = m->ww - borderpx * 2;
 	int boxs = drw->fonts->h / 9;
 	int boxw = drw->fonts->h / 6 + 2;
 	unsigned int i, occ = 0, urg = 0;
 	Client *c;
 
+	XSetForeground(drw->dpy, drw->gc, clrborder.pixel);
+	XFillRectangle(drw->dpy, drw->drawable, drw->gc, 0, 0, m->ww, bh);
+
 	if (!m->showbar)
 		return;
 
@@ -1071,10 +1078,6 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 
 	/* draw status first so it can be overdrawn by tags later */
 	if (m == selmon || 1) { /* status is only drawn on selected monitor */
-		// drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-		// tw = TEXTW(stext, statusfontindex) - lrpad + 2; /* 2px right padding */
-		// drw_text(drw, m->ww - tw - stw, 0, tw, bh, 0, stext, 0, statusfontindex);
-		// tw = m->ww - drawstatusbar(m, bh, stext);
 		tw = statusw = m->ww - drawstatusbar(m, bh, stext);
 	}
 
@@ -1084,14 +1087,14 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 		if (c->isurgent)
 			urg |= c->tags;
 	}
-	x = 0;
+	x = borderpx;
 	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(tags); i++) {
 		/* Do not draw vacant tags */
 		if(!(occ & 1 << i || m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i))
 			continue;
 		w = TEXTW(tags[i], statusfontindex);
 		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i ? SchemeSel : SchemeNorm]);
-		drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, tags[i], urg & 1 << i, statusfontindex);
+		drw_text(drw, x, y, w , th, lrpad / 2, tags[i], urg & 1 << i, statusfontindex);
 		if (ulineall || m->tagset[m->seltags] & 1 << i)
 			drw_rect(drw, x + ulinepad, bh - ulinestroke - ulinevoffset, w - (ulinepad * 2), ulinestroke, 1, 0);
 
@@ -1099,17 +1102,21 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 	}
 	w = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol, statusfontindex);
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-	x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, m->ltsymbol, 0, statusfontindex);
+	x = drw_text(drw, x, y, w, th, lrpad / 2, m->ltsymbol, 0, statusfontindex);
 
-	if ((w = m->ww - tw - stw - x) > bh) {
+	// if ((w = m->ww - tw - x) > th) {
+	if ((w = mw - tw - x) > th) {
 		if (m->sel) {
 			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[m == selmon ? SchemeSel : SchemeNorm]);
-			drw_text(drw, x, 0, w - 2 * sp, bh, lrpad / 2, m->sel->name, 0, statusfontindex);
+
+			drw_text(drw, x, y, w - 1, th, lrpad / 2, m->sel->name, 0, statusfontindex);
 			if (m->sel->isfloating)
-				drw_rect(drw, x + boxs, boxs, boxw, boxw, m->sel->isfixed, 0);
+				drw_rect(drw, x + boxs, y + boxs, boxw, boxw, m->sel->isfixed, 0);
 		} else {
 			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-			drw_rect(drw, x, 0, w - 2 * sp, bh, 1, 1);
+			// drw_rect(drw, x, 0, w - 2 * sp, bh, 1, 1);
+			// drw_rect(drw, x, y, w - 2 * sp, th, 1, 1);
+			drw_rect(drw, x, y, w - 1, th, 1, 1);
 		}
 	}
 	drw_map(drw, m->barwin, 0, 0, m->ww - stw, bh);
@@ -2033,7 +2040,8 @@ resizebarwin(Monitor *m) {
 	unsigned int w = m->ww;
 	if (showsystray && m == systraytomon(m))
 		w -= getsystraywidth();
-	XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, m->barwin, m->wx, m->by, w, bh);
+	// XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, m->barwin, m->wx, m->by, w, bh);
+	XMoveResizeWindow(dpy, m->barwin, m->wx + sp, m->by + vp, w - 2 * sp, bh);
 }
 
 void
@@ -2419,6 +2427,7 @@ setup(void)
 		die("no fonts could be loaded.");
 	lrpad = drw->fonts->h;
 	bh = user_bh ? user_bh : drw->fonts->h + 2;
+	bh = bh + borderpx * 2;
 	sp = sidepad;
 	vp = (topbar == 1) ? vertpad : - vertpad;
 	updategeom();
@@ -2456,6 +2465,8 @@ setup(void)
 	scheme[LENGTH(colors)] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[0], 3);
 	for (i = 0; i < LENGTH(colors); i++)
 		scheme[i] = drw_scm_create(drw, colors[i], 3);
+
+	drw_clr_create(drw, &clrborder, col_borderbar);
 	/* init system tray */
 	updatesystray();
 	/* init bars */
@@ -2813,7 +2824,7 @@ updatebars(void)
 		w = m->ww;
 		if (showsystray && m == systraytomon(m))
 			w -= getsystraywidth();
-		m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx, m->by, w, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
+		m->barwin = XCreateWindow(dpy, root, m->wx + sp, m->by + vp, m->ww - 2 * sp, bh, 0, DefaultDepth(dpy, screen),
 				CopyFromParent, DefaultVisual(dpy, screen),
 				CWOverrideRedirect|CWBackPixmap|CWEventMask, &wa);
 		XDefineCursor(dpy, m->barwin, cursor[CurNormal]->cursor);