diff --git a/src/gcal-date-chooser-day.c b/src/gcal-date-chooser-day.c
index 1f85d14c..018bec7e 100644
--- a/src/gcal-date-chooser-day.c
+++ b/src/gcal-date-chooser-day.c
@@ -337,6 +337,9 @@ gcal_date_chooser_day_init (GcalDateChooserDay *self)
 {
   GtkWidget *widget = GTK_WIDGET (self);
 
+  gtk_widget_set_halign (widget, GTK_ALIGN_CENTER);
+  gtk_widget_set_valign (widget, GTK_ALIGN_CENTER);
+
   gtk_widget_set_can_focus (widget, TRUE);
   gtk_style_context_add_class (gtk_widget_get_style_context (widget), "day");
 
diff --git a/src/gcal-date-chooser.c b/src/gcal-date-chooser.c
index 656f9b65..ad6764d6 100644
--- a/src/gcal-date-chooser.c
+++ b/src/gcal-date-chooser.c
@@ -205,12 +205,20 @@ static gchar *
 calendar_get_weekday_name (gint i)
 {
   GDateTime *date;
+  gchar *formatted_date;
+  gchar *upcased_date;
   gchar *text;
 
   date = g_date_time_new_local (2015, 1, 4 + i, 1, 1, 1);
-  text = g_date_time_format (date, "%a");
+  formatted_date = g_date_time_format (date, "%a");
   g_date_time_unref (date);
 
+  upcased_date = g_utf8_strup (formatted_date, -1);
+  g_free (formatted_date);
+
+  text = g_utf8_substring (upcased_date, 0, 1);
+  g_free (upcased_date);
+
   return text;
 }