diff --git a/src/gui/views/gcal-month-view.c b/src/gui/views/gcal-month-view.c
index 4cf60da5..0f440674 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/gcal-month-view.c
+++ b/src/gui/views/gcal-month-view.c
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ gcal_month_view_size_allocate (GtkWidget *widget,
   gtk_widget_measure (self->header, GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, width, &header_height, NULL, NULL, NULL);
   gtk_widget_allocate (self->header, width, header_height, baseline, NULL);
 
-  grid_height = height - header_height;
+  grid_height = height - header_height - 1;
   row_height = grid_height / (gdouble) N_ROWS_PER_PAGE;
   row_scroll_offset = self->row_offset * row_height;
   y_offset = header_height - row_scroll_offset - (grid_height * ((N_PAGES - 1) / 2.0));
diff --git a/src/theme/style.css b/src/theme/style.css
index f6f6eeed..7a926ec4 100644
--- a/src/theme/style.css
+++ b/src/theme/style.css
@@ -295,14 +295,21 @@ monthcell:nth-child(7n + 1):dir(rtl) {
  */
 
 calendar-view.scrolling > box {
-  background-color: transparent;
   box-shadow: var(--headerbar-shade-color) 0 2px 4px;
-  transition: box-shadow 200ms;
 }
 
+calendar-view > box, calendar-view {
+  transition: box-shadow 200ms, background 200ms;
+}
 
-calendar-view:not(.scrolling) > box {
-  transition: box-shadow 200ms;
+/* similar to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita/-/blob/649967044e269a0118ae09a9ff0ecba90cc58300/src/stylesheet/_drawing.scss#L57 */
+calendar-view.scrolling {
+  box-shadow: inset 0px -1px color-mix(in srgb, var(--shade-color) 75%, transparent);
+  background: linear-gradient(to top, color-mix(in srgb, var(--shade-color) 75%, transparent), transparent 4px);
+}
+
+.month-header {
+  padding-bottom: 6px;
 }
 
 /*