diff --git a/ttyclock.c b/ttyclock.c
index ac92942..bc388fb 100644
--- a/ttyclock.c
+++ b/ttyclock.c
@@ -399,7 +399,8 @@ set_box(bool b)
           wbkgdset(ttyclock.framewin, COLOR_PAIR(0));
           wbkgdset(ttyclock.datewin, COLOR_PAIR(0));
           box(ttyclock.framewin, 0, 0);
-          box(ttyclock.datewin,  0, 0);
+          if (ttyclock.option.date)
+               box(ttyclock.datewin,  0, 0);
      }
      else {
           wborder(ttyclock.framewin, ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ', ' ');
@@ -676,4 +677,5 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
      return 0;
 }
 
+
 // vim: expandtab tabstop=5 softtabstop=5 shiftwidth=5