diff --git a/src/DataViews/MyGrampsView.py b/src/DataViews/MyGrampsView.py
index 09304d9dd..9dc346989 100644
--- a/src/DataViews/MyGrampsView.py
+++ b/src/DataViews/MyGrampsView.py
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ class Gadget(object):
         text = text.replace(chr(10), "\\n")
         self.gui.data.append(text)
 
-    def update(self, *handles):
+    def update(self, *args):
         if self._idle_id != 0:
             if debug: print "%s interrupt!" % self.gui.title
             self.interrupt()
diff --git a/src/plugins/DefaultGadgets.py b/src/plugins/DefaultGadgets.py
index 91b0c08f0..fd780995d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/DefaultGadgets.py
+++ b/src/plugins/DefaultGadgets.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import string
 #         )
 
 # There are a number of arguments that you can provide, including:
-# name, height, content, title, expand, state
+# name, height, content, title, expand, state, data
 
 # Here is a Gadget object. It has a number of method possibilities:
 #  init- run once, on construction
@@ -46,12 +46,27 @@ class CalendarGadget(Gadget):
         self.gui.calendar = gtk.Calendar()
         self.gui.calendar.connect('day-selected-double-click', self.double_click)
         self.gui.calendar.connect('month-changed', self.refresh)
+        db_signals = ['event-add',
+                      'event-update', 
+                      'event-delete', 
+                      'event-rebuild',
+                      ]
+        for signal in db_signals:
+            self.dbstate.db.connect(signal, lambda *args: self.run_update(signal, *args))
+
         self.gui.scrolledwindow.remove(self.gui.textview)
         self.gui.scrolledwindow.add_with_viewport(self.gui.calendar)
         self.gui.calendar.show()
         self.birthdays = True
         self.dates = {}
 
+    def db_changed(self):
+        self.update()
+
+    def run_update(self, signal, *args):
+        print "signal:", signal
+        self.update()
+
     def refresh(self, *obj):
         self.gui.calendar.freeze()
         self.gui.calendar.clear_marks()