diff --git a/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh b/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
index c955a0c..34f1487 100755
--- a/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
+++ b/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,10 @@ herbstclient pad $monitor $height
         gmail=`ls ~/documents/mail/gmail/INBOX/new/ | wc -l`
         archmail=`ls ~/documents/mail/arch/INBOX/new/ | wc -l`
         aethonmail=`ls ~/documents/mail/aethon/INBOX/new/ | wc -l`
-        right="$separator 9f: $nfmail $separator gmail: $gmail $separator arch: $archmail $separator aethon: $aethonmail $separator^bg($hintcolor) $date $separator"
+        todoline=`cat ~/.config/herbstluftwm/todo`
+        todoline_sha1=`echo $todoline | sha1sum`
+        todoline_color=${todoline_sha1:0:6}
+        right="^fg(#$todoline_color)$todoline^fg() $separator 9f: $nfmail $separator gmail: $gmail $separator arch: $archmail $separator aethon: $aethonmail $separator^bg($hintcolor) $date $separator"
         right_text_only=$(echo -n "$right"|sed 's.\^[^(]*([^)]*)..g')
         # get width of right aligned text.. and add some space..
         width=$(textwidth "$font" "$right_text_only  ")