diff --git a/MTMR/AppleScriptTouchBarItem.swift b/MTMR/AppleScriptTouchBarItem.swift
index a379a45..ac66db7 100644
--- a/MTMR/AppleScriptTouchBarItem.swift
+++ b/MTMR/AppleScriptTouchBarItem.swift
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class AppleScriptTouchBarItem: CustomButtonTouchBarItem {
             return
         }
         self.script = script
+        button.bezelColor = .clear
         DispatchQueue.main.async {
             var error: NSDictionary?
             guard script.compileAndReturnError(&error) else {
diff --git a/MTMR/CustomButtonTouchBarItem.swift b/MTMR/CustomButtonTouchBarItem.swift
index 300e8fe..a56a44c 100644
--- a/MTMR/CustomButtonTouchBarItem.swift
+++ b/MTMR/CustomButtonTouchBarItem.swift
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ class CustomButtonTouchBarItem: NSCustomTouchBarItem, NSGestureRecognizerDelegat
         self.longTapClosure = callbackLong
         
         super.init(identifier: identifier)
-        button = NSButton(title: title, target: self, action: nil)
-        
-        button.cell = CustomButtonCell(backgroundColor: bezelColor!)
-        button.cell?.title = title
-        button.title = title
-        
+        button = NSButton(title: title, target: nil, action: nil)
+        button.cell = CustomButtonCell()
+        button.isBordered = true
         button.bezelStyle = .rounded
-        button.bezelColor = bezelColor
+        button.title = title
         self.view = button
         
         longClick = NSPressGestureRecognizer(target: self, action: #selector(handleGestureLong))
@@ -88,42 +85,37 @@ class CustomButtonTouchBarItem: NSCustomTouchBarItem, NSGestureRecognizerDelegat
 }
 
 class CustomButtonCell: NSButtonCell {
-    init(backgroundColor: NSColor) {
+    
+    init() {
         super.init(textCell: "")
-        if backgroundColor != .clear {
-            self.isBordered = true
-            self.backgroundColor = backgroundColor
-        } else {
-            self.isBordered = false
-        }
     }
     
     override func highlight(_ flag: Bool, withFrame cellFrame: NSRect, in controlView: NSView) {
-        if flag {
-            self.isBordered = true
-        } else {
-            self.isBordered = false
-        }
         super.highlight(flag, withFrame: cellFrame, in: controlView)
+        if !self.isBordered {
+            self.setTitle(self.title, withColor: flag ? .lightGray : .white)
+        }
     }
     
     required init(coder: NSCoder) {
         fatalError("init(coder:) has not been implemented")
     }
-}
 
-extension NSButton {
-    var title: String {
+    override var title: String! {
         get {
-            return ""// (self.cell?.title)!
+            return self.attributedTitle.string
         }
-        
+
         set (newTitle) {
-            let attrTitle = NSMutableAttributedString(string: newTitle as String, attributes: [NSAttributedStringKey.foregroundColor: NSColor.white, NSAttributedStringKey.font: NSFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15, weight: .regular), NSAttributedStringKey.baselineOffset: 1])
-            attrTitle.setAlignment(.center, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: newTitle.count))
-            
-            self.attributedTitle = attrTitle
+            setTitle(newTitle, withColor: .white)
         }
     }
+
+    func setTitle(_ title: String, withColor color: NSColor) {
+        let attrTitle = NSMutableAttributedString(string: title as String, attributes: [.foregroundColor: color, .font: NSFont.systemFont(ofSize: 15, weight: .regular), .baselineOffset: 1])
+        attrTitle.setAlignment(.center, range: NSRange(location: 0, length: title.count))
+
+        self.attributedTitle = attrTitle
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift b/MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift
index b564cd3..c6115a5 100644
--- a/MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift
+++ b/MTMR/ItemsParsing.swift
@@ -388,6 +388,8 @@ enum GeneralParameter {
     case width(_: CGFloat)
     case image(source: SourceProtocol)
     case align(_: Align)
+    case bordered(_: Bool)
+    case background(_:NSColor)
 }
 
 struct GeneralParameters: Decodable {
@@ -397,6 +399,8 @@ struct GeneralParameters: Decodable {
         case width
         case image
         case align
+        case bordered
+        case background
     }
     init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
         let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
@@ -409,6 +413,12 @@ struct GeneralParameters: Decodable {
         }
         let align = try container.decodeIfPresent(Align.self, forKey: .align) ?? .center
         result[.align] = .align(align)
+        if let borderedFlag = try container.decodeIfPresent(Bool.self, forKey: .bordered) {
+            result[.bordered] = .bordered(borderedFlag)
+        }
+        if let backgroundColor = try container.decodeIfPresent(String.self, forKey: .background)?.hexColor {
+            result[.background] = .background(backgroundColor)
+        }
         parameters = result
     }
 }
diff --git a/MTMR/SupportHelpers.swift b/MTMR/SupportHelpers.swift
index 89ff230..95a300c 100644
--- a/MTMR/SupportHelpers.swift
+++ b/MTMR/SupportHelpers.swift
@@ -17,6 +17,24 @@ extension String {
         // ((\s|,)\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/)|(( |, ")\/\/.*)
         return self.replacingOccurrences(of: "((\\s|,)\\/\\*[\\s\\S]*?\\*\\/)|(( |, \\\")\\/\\/.*)", with: "", options: .regularExpression)
     }
+    
+    var hexColor: NSColor? {
+        let hex = trimmingCharacters(in: CharacterSet.alphanumerics.inverted)
+        var int = UInt32()
+        Scanner(string: hex).scanHexInt32(&int)
+        let a, r, g, b: UInt32
+        switch hex.count {
+        case 3: // RGB (12-bit)
+            (r, g, b, a) = ((int >> 8) * 17, (int >> 4 & 0xF) * 17, (int & 0xF) * 17, 255)
+        case 6: // RGB (24-bit)
+            (r, g, b, a) = (int >> 16, int >> 8 & 0xFF, int & 0xFF, 255)
+        case 8: // ARGB (32-bit)
+            (r, g, b, a) = (int >> 24, int >> 16 & 0xFF, int >> 8 & 0xFF, int & 0xFF)
+        default:
+            return nil
+        }
+        return NSColor(red: CGFloat(r) / 255, green: CGFloat(g) / 255, blue: CGFloat(b) / 255, alpha: CGFloat(a) / 255)
+    }
 }
 
 extension NSImage {
diff --git a/MTMR/TouchBarController.swift b/MTMR/TouchBarController.swift
index 3a5744a..ca012ba 100644
--- a/MTMR/TouchBarController.swift
+++ b/MTMR/TouchBarController.swift
@@ -211,6 +211,20 @@ class TouchBarController: NSObject, NSTouchBarDelegate {
         if case .width(let value)? = item.additionalParameters[.width], let widthBarItem = barItem as? CanSetWidth {
             widthBarItem.setWidth(value: value)
         }
+        if case .bordered(let bordered)? = item.additionalParameters[.bordered], let item = barItem as? CustomButtonTouchBarItem {
+            item.button.isBordered = bordered
+            item.button.bezelStyle = bordered ? .rounded : .inline
+        }
+        if case .background(let color)? = item.additionalParameters[.background], let item = barItem as? CustomButtonTouchBarItem {
+            if item.button.cell?.isBordered == false {
+                let newCell = NSButtonCell()
+                newCell.title = item.button.title
+                item.button.cell = newCell
+                item.button.cell?.isBordered = true
+            }
+            item.button.bezelColor = color
+            (item.button.cell as? NSButtonCell)?.backgroundColor = color
+        }
         if case .image(let source)? = item.additionalParameters[.image], let item = barItem as? CustomButtonTouchBarItem {
             let button = item.button!
             button.imageScaling = .scaleProportionallyDown
@@ -221,8 +235,7 @@ class TouchBarController: NSObject, NSTouchBarDelegate {
             }
             
             button.imageHugsTitle = true
-            button.cell?.image = source.image
-            button.bezelColor = .clear
+            button.image = source.image
         }
         return barItem
     }
diff --git a/MTMR/Widgets/TimeTouchBarItem.swift b/MTMR/Widgets/TimeTouchBarItem.swift
index 7178dd6..21d98d3 100644
--- a/MTMR/Widgets/TimeTouchBarItem.swift
+++ b/MTMR/Widgets/TimeTouchBarItem.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ class TimeTouchBarItem: CustomButtonTouchBarItem {
         super.init(identifier: identifier, title: " ", onTap: onTap, onLongTap: onLongTap)
         timer = Timer.scheduledTimer(timeInterval: 1, target: self, selector: #selector(updateTime), userInfo: nil, repeats: true)
         self.view = button
+        button.bezelColor = .clear
         updateTime()
     }