diff --git a/src/main/java/app/nush/examclock/controllers/AddExamController.java b/src/main/java/app/nush/examclock/controllers/AddExamController.java
index e8978ef..0fe5845 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/nush/examclock/controllers/AddExamController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/nush/examclock/controllers/AddExamController.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeParseException;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 
@@ -24,17 +25,17 @@ public class AddExamController {
     /**
      * The constant dateFormatter used for date picker (user friendly, shows jan feb etc)
      */
-    public static final DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy MMM dd");
+    public static final DateTimeFormatter dateFormatter = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseCaseInsensitive().appendPattern("yyyy MMM dd").toFormatter();
     /**
      * The time formatters that will be supported by start and end fields
      */
     public static final DateTimeFormatter[] timeFormatters = {
-            DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("hh:mma"),
-            DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm"),
-            DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("h:mma"),
-            DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("H:mm"),
-            DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("hha"),
-            DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("ha")
+            new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseCaseInsensitive().appendPattern("hh:mma").toFormatter(),
+            new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseCaseInsensitive().appendPattern("HH:mm").toFormatter(),
+            new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseCaseInsensitive().appendPattern("h:mma").toFormatter(),
+            new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseCaseInsensitive().appendPattern("H:mm").toFormatter(),
+            new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseCaseInsensitive().appendPattern("hha").toFormatter(),
+            new DateTimeFormatterBuilder().parseCaseInsensitive().appendPattern("ha").toFormatter()
     };
 
     public Form form;
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ public LocalDate fromString(String dateString) {
     @FXML
     public void addExam(ActionEvent event) {
         try {
-            Exam exam = new Exam(name_input.getText(), date_input.getValue(), parseTime(start_time_input.getText().toLowerCase(), 0), parseTime(end_time_input.getText().toLowerCase(), 0));
+            Exam exam = new Exam(name_input.getText(), date_input.getValue(), parseTime(start_time_input.getText(), 0), parseTime(end_time_input.getText(), 0));
             mainController.addExam(exam);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Alert alert = new Alert(Alert.AlertType.ERROR, e.getMessage());
diff --git a/src/main/java/app/nush/examclock/display/TimePicker.java b/src/main/java/app/nush/examclock/display/TimePicker.java
index 51a6def..77372c2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/app/nush/examclock/display/TimePicker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/app/nush/examclock/display/TimePicker.java
@@ -8,11 +8,16 @@
 
 import java.time.LocalTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
 
 import static app.nush.examclock.controllers.AddExamController.parseTime;
 
 public class TimePicker extends TextField {
-    public static final DateTimeFormatter defaultFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("hh:mm a");
+    public static final DateTimeFormatter defaultFormatter = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
+            .parseCaseInsensitive()
+            .appendPattern("hh:mm a")
+            .toFormatter();
+
     private final TimePopup popup;
     public SimpleObjectProperty<LocalTime> timeProperty;
     public SimpleIntegerProperty hour;
diff --git a/src/main/resources/theme.css b/src/main/resources/theme.css
index 17a19aa..733cfc7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/theme.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/theme.css
@@ -27,13 +27,19 @@
 }
 
 .list-item {
-    -fx-fill: white;
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-fill;
+    -fx-background-color: -fx-control-inner-background;
+}
+
+.list-item * {
+    -fx-fill: -fx-foreground;
+}
+
+.list-item:hover {
+    -fx-background: -fx-background;
 }
 
-.list-item .text {
-    -fx-fill: white;
-    -fx-text-fill: -fx-fill;
+.list-item:active {
+    -fx-background: -fx-accent;
 }