diff --git a/src/widgets/datetime.rs b/src/widgets/datetime.rs
index 2801722..7e899e8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/datetime.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/datetime.rs
@@ -69,7 +69,14 @@ impl Widget for DateTimeWidget {
             None
         };
 
-        let mut data = Block::new().append_full_text(&time_string).clone();
+        let time_string = format!(
+            r#"<span size="x-large" weight="heavy">{}</span>"#,
+            time_string
+        );
+        let mut data = Block::new()
+            .append_full_text(&time_string)
+            .use_pango()
+            .clone();
         if let Some(color) = color {
             data.color(color);
         }