diff --git a/apps.json b/apps.json
index 2110078f6..a24d3babd 100644
--- a/apps.json
+++ b/apps.json
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@
   { "id": "marioclock",
     "name": "Mario Clock",
     "icon": "marioclock.png",
-    "version":"0.02",
+    "version":"0.03",
     "description": "Animated Mario clock, jumps to change the time!",
     "tags": "clock,mario,retro",
     "type": "clock",
diff --git a/apps/marioclock/ChangeLog b/apps/marioclock/ChangeLog
index e81e2f78c..79f103c48 100644
--- a/apps/marioclock/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/marioclock/ChangeLog
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 0.01: Create mario app
 0.02: Fix day of the week and add padding
+0.03: use short date format from locale, take timeout from settings
diff --git a/apps/marioclock/marioclock-app.js b/apps/marioclock/marioclock-app.js
index 248b15387..c0ada5e59 100644
--- a/apps/marioclock/marioclock-app.js
+++ b/apps/marioclock/marioclock-app.js
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 **********************************/
 
 var locale = require("locale");
+const storage = require('Storage');
+const settings = (storage.readJSON('setting.json',1)||{});
+const timeout = settings.timeout||10;
 
 // Screen dimensions
 let W, H;
@@ -280,14 +283,10 @@ function drawTime() {
 }
 
 function drawDate() {
-  const date = new Date();
-  const day = locale.dow(date).substr(0, 3);
-  const dayNum = ("0" + date.getDate()).substr(-2);
-  const month = locale.month(date).substr(0, 3);
-
   g.setFont("6x8");
   g.setColor(LIGHTEST);
-  g.drawString(`${day} ${dayNum} ${month}`, 10, 0, true);
+  const dateStr = locale.date(new Date(), true);
+  g.drawString(dateStr, (W - g.stringWidth(dateStr))/2, 0, true);
 }
 
 function redraw() {
@@ -322,7 +321,7 @@ function resetDisplayTimeout() {
   displayTimeoutRef = setInterval(() => {
     if (Bangle.isLCDOn()) Bangle.setLCDPower(false);
     clearTimers();
-  }, ONE_SECOND * 10);
+  }, ONE_SECOND * timeout);
 }
 
 function startTimers(){