diff --git a/config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh b/config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
index 5ded9d6..e86840f 100755
--- a/config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
+++ b/config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,8 @@ hc pad $monitor $panel_height
         echo -n "$separator"
         echo -n "^bg()^fg() ${windowtitle//^/^^}"
         # small adjustments
-        right="$separator^bg() $date $separator"
+		right=""
+		right="${right} ^bg() $(icon clock2 green) $date"
         right_text_only=$(echo -n "$right" | sed 's.\^[^(]*([^)]*)..g')
         # get width of right aligned text.. and add some space..
         width=$($textwidth "$font" "$right_text_only    ")