Index: panel-plugin/systemload.c
===================================================================
--- panel-plugin/systemload.c	(revision 3285)
+++ panel-plugin/systemload.c	(working copy)
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ monitor_set_orientation (XfcePanelPlugin
 
         if (orientation == GTK_ORIENTATION_HORIZONTAL)
         {
-            global->monitor[count]->box = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 0));
+            global->monitor[count]->box = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_hbox_new(FALSE, 2));
             gtk_progress_bar_set_orientation(GTK_PROGRESS_BAR(global->monitor[count]->status), GTK_PROGRESS_BOTTOM_TO_TOP);
         }
         else
         {
-            global->monitor[count]->box = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_vbox_new(FALSE, 0));
+            global->monitor[count]->box = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_vbox_new(FALSE, 2));
             gtk_progress_bar_set_orientation(GTK_PROGRESS_BAR(global->monitor[count]->status), GTK_PROGRESS_LEFT_TO_RIGHT);
         }
 
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ monitor_set_orientation (XfcePanelPlugin
                            FALSE, FALSE, 0);
 
         gtk_container_set_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(global->monitor[count]->box),
-                                       BORDER / 2);
+                                       0);
         gtk_widget_show(GTK_WIDGET(global->monitor[count]->box));
 
         global->monitor[count]->ebox = gtk_event_box_new();
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ monitor_set_orientation (XfcePanelPlugin
 
     global->uptime->box = GTK_WIDGET(gtk_vbox_new(FALSE, 0));
     gtk_container_set_border_width(GTK_CONTAINER(global->uptime->box), 
-                                   BORDER / 2);
+                                   1);
     gtk_widget_show(GTK_WIDGET(global->uptime->box));
 
     gtk_container_add(GTK_CONTAINER(global->uptime->ebox),
@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ monitor_control_new(XfcePanelPlugin *plu
     global->plugin = plugin;
     global->timeout_id = 0;
     global->ebox = gtk_event_box_new();
+    gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (global->ebox), 2);
     gtk_widget_show(global->ebox);
     global->box = NULL;