diff --git a/widgets/graph.c b/widgets/graph.c
index 3e659997..a28733b1 100644
--- a/widgets/graph.c
+++ b/widgets/graph.c
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@ graph_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset,
     if(!widget->user_supplied_y)
         widget->area.y = 0;
 
-    margin_top = (int) ((widget->statusbar->height * (1 - d->height)) / 2 + 0.5 + widget->area.y);
     left_offset = widget->area.x + d->padding_left;
 
+    /* box = the graph inside the rectangle */
     if(!(d->box_height))
         d->box_height = (int) (widget->statusbar->height * d->height + 0.5) - 2;
 
+    margin_top = (int)((widget->statusbar->height - (d->box_height + 2)) / 2 + 0.5) + widget->area.y;
+
     rectangle.x = left_offset;
     rectangle.y = margin_top;
     rectangle.width = d->size + 2;
diff --git a/widgets/progressbar.c b/widgets/progressbar.c
index 56b01096..793514ad 100644
--- a/widgets/progressbar.c
+++ b/widgets/progressbar.c
@@ -75,15 +75,15 @@ progressbar_draw(Widget *widget, DrawCtx *ctx, int offset,
                                                  d->width,
                                                  offset,
                                                  widget->alignment);
-
     if(!widget->user_supplied_y)
         widget->area.y = 0;
 
+    /* TODO: maybe prevent (use Data-values) to calculate that stuff below over and over again */
     /* data for the first rectangle (data-bar) to draw */
     if(d->vertical)
     {
         pb_width = (int) ((d->width - d->padding - (d->gap * (d->data_items - 1))) / d->data_items + 0.5);
-        pb_height = (int) (widget->statusbar->height * d->height);
+        pb_height = (int) (widget->statusbar->height * d->height + 0.5);
         pb_y = widget->area.y + (int)((widget->statusbar->height - pb_height) / 2 + 0.5);
     }
     else /* horizontal */