diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/data/assets/schedule.css b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/data/assets/schedule.css
index 151d7d4f78..af51dd6696 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/data/assets/schedule.css
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/data/assets/schedule.css
@@ -43,3 +43,9 @@
 }
 
 text, tspan { /* 2.5mm */ fill: black; stroke: none; font-family: 'OpenGost Type B TT', 'DejaVu Sans Condensed', 'Liberation Sans', 'Arial Narrow', 'Arial'; }
+
+.border {
+    stroke: #000000;
+    stroke-width:.125;
+    fill: none; /* will be overriden if background color is set in .ods, or .xlsx */
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/scheduler.py b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/scheduler.py
index 93f8625528..dcadd73ca8 100644
--- a/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/scheduler.py
+++ b/src/blenderbim/blenderbim/bim/module/drawing/scheduler.py
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ class Scheduler:
                     self.svg.rect(
                         insert=(x, y),
                         size=(width, height),
+                        style=f"fill: {background_color};",
                         class_="border",
                     )
                 )
@@ -435,6 +436,7 @@ class Scheduler:
                             self.svg.rect(
                                 insert=(x, y),
                                 size=(width, height),
+                                style=f"fill: {background_color};",
                                 class_="border",
                             )
                         )