diff --git a/git-log-widget/git-log.coffee b/git-log-widget/git-log.coffee
index 8916f85..8e555de 100644
--- a/git-log-widget/git-log.coffee
+++ b/git-log-widget/git-log.coffee
@@ -5,74 +5,174 @@ base_dir = '/Your/Path'
 items_to_show = 5
 
 # How often would you like to update the display?
-refreshFrequency: 120000
+refreshFrequency: '2m'
+# You can specify refreshFrequency in milliseconds, or as a string, like '2 days', '1d', '10h', '2.5 hrs', '2h', '1m', or '5s'
 
-# Don't touch this unless you know what's going on
-command: "cd #{base_dir} && git log -n #{items_to_show} --all --format=\"%d - %h - %an - %s - %ar\""
+# Project Variables
+project =
+  branch    : 'master' # The git branch of the project to show the log from, e.g. 'master'
+  title     : 'Project Name'  # Project's title to display at the top of the widget, e.g. 'Project Name'
+  id        : 'element'  # CSS id to use to wrap the widget element, e.g. 'project-name'
+  width     : '300px' # Width of widget, in pixels, e.g. '300px'
+  # Initial screen position variables
+  position  : 'top'   # Position the widget from top or bottom edge of screen, e.g. 'top' or 'bottom'
+  align     : 'right' # Position the widget from left or right edge of screen, e.g. 'left' or 'right'
+  initial_x : '10px'  # Pixels horizontal away from the screen 'align' variable, e.g. '10px'
+  initial_y : '10px'  # Pixels vertical away from the screen 'position' variable, e.g. '10px'
 
-render: (output) -> """
-  <div id=\"git-log\">#{output}</div>
-"""
+# ===================================================================================
+#           Don't touch below this line unless you know what's going on
+# ===================================================================================
+command: "cd #{base_dir} && git log origin/#{project.branch} -n #{items_to_show} --all --pretty=format:\"%D -- %h -- %cn -- %s -- %cr\""
 
-update: (output, widget) ->
-  lines = output.trim().split('\n')
-  ele = $(widget).find("#git-log")
-  ele.empty()
-  for line in lines
-    ele.append @renderItem(line)
+project: project # enable variables
+
+render: (output) ->
+  if(!output)
+    return
+  """
+  <div id="#{@project.id}">
+    <div class="header">
+      <span class="project-title">#{@project.title}</span>
+      <div class="controls"></div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="git-log">#{output}</div>
+  </div>
+  """
 
-renderItem: (data) -> 
-  fields = data.split(" - ")
-  branch = fields[0]
+renderItem: (data) ->
+  fields = data.split(' -- ')
+  if(fields[0].length > 34)
+    branch = fields[0].substring(0,34) + '...' # limit string length to container
+  else
+    branch = fields[0]
   hash = fields[1]
   name = fields[2]
   subject = fields[3]
   date = fields[4]
 
   """
-  <div class=\"row\">
-    <div class=\"name\">#{name}</div>
-    <div class=\"subject\">#{subject}</div>
-    <div class=\"line3\">
-      <span class=\"date\">#{date}</span>
-      <span class=\"hash\">[#{hash}]</span>
-      <span class=\"branch\">#{branch}</span>
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="subject">#{subject}</div>
+    <div class="line2">
+      <span class="date">#{date}</span>
+      <span class="branch">#{branch}</span>
+    </div>
+    <div class="line3">
+      <span class="name">by #{name}</span>
+      <span class="hash">#{hash}</span>
     </div>
   </div>
   """
 
+update: (output, widget) ->
+  # this is a bit of a hack until jQuery UI is included natively
+  $.getScript("https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.11.4/jquery-ui.min.js", () ->
+    $(widget).draggable()
+    return
+  )
+  lines = output.trim().split('\n')
+  ele = $(widget).find('.git-log')
+  ele.empty()
+
+  for line in lines
+    ele.append @renderItem(line)
+
+  $(ele).find('.date').each ->
+    dateArray = $(this).text().split(' ')
+    number = dateArray[0]
+
+    # less than 1 hour
+    if(
+      ($(this).text().search('seconds') > 0) ||
+      ($(this).text().search('minutes') > 0 && number < 61)
+      )
+        $(this).closest('.row').addClass('recent')
+
+    # less than 2 hours
+    else if($(this).text().search('minutes') > 0)
+        $(this).closest('.row').addClass('recent older')
+
+    # less than 3 hours
+    else if($(this).text().search('hours') > 0 && number < 3)
+        $(this).closest('.row').addClass('recent oldest')
+
 style: """
-  font-family: Gill Sans
-  font-size: 1.4em
+  font-family: Roboto
+  font-size: 12px
+  font-weight: 300
+  line-height: 18px
   color: white
-  bottom: .5em
-  left: .5em
-  text-shadow:
-   1px 1px 0 #000,
-   -1px 1px 0 #000;
-
-  row
-    margin-bottom: .6em
+  background-color: rgba(0,0,0,0.6)
+  #{project.align}: #{project.initial_x}  /* right */
+  #{project.position}: #{project.initial_y} /* top */
+  padding: 10px
+  width: #{project.width}
+  border-radius:4px
+
+  .header
+    padding-bottom: 5px
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd
+    margin-bottom: 5px
+
+  .controls
+    float: right
+
+  .project-title
+    font-size: 16px
+    font-weight: 500
+    text-transform: uppercase
+
+  .row
+    margin-bottom: 5px
     display: block
+    padding: 2px 4px
 
-  .hash
+  .name
   .branch
   .date
-    color: #CCC
-    font-size: 0.7em
-    margin-top: .4em
+  .hash
+    color: #ccc
+    font-size: 10px
+    margin-left: 15px
 
-  .name
-    font-size: 1.3em
-    width: 8em
+  .row:not(:last-child)
+    padding-bottom: 5px
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd
 
-  .subject
-    font-size: 1em
-    text-wrap: none
-    margin-left: 1em
+  .row:last-child
+    margin-bottom: 0
+
+  .row.recent
+    background-color: rgba(63, 191, 137, 0.75)
+    border: 1px solid rgba(61, 174, 125, 0.75)
+    border-bottom: none
+    border-radius: 2px
+    margin-top: 10px
+
+  .row.recent.older
+    background-color: rgba(63, 191, 137, 0.50)
+    border: 1px solid rgba(61, 174, 125, 0.50)
+
+  .row.recent.oldest
+    background-color: rgba(63, 191, 137, 0.25)
+    border: 1px solid rgba(61, 174, 125, 0.25)
+
+  .row.recent:not(:last-child)
+    margin-bottom: 5px
+
+  .row.recent .name
+  .row.recent .branch
+  .row.recent .date
+  .row.recent .hash
+    color: white
 
   .subject
-  .line3
-    margin-left: 1em
+    font-weight: 400
+    margin-left: 0
+
+  .branch
+  .hash
+    float: right
 
 """
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