diff --git a/course/weeks.php b/course/weeks.php
index a2aa1bd19a7..1c713474a99 100644
--- a/course/weeks.php
+++ b/course/weeks.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 
         echo "</TD>";
         echo "<TD NOWRAP BGCOLOR=\"$THEME->cellheading\" class=\"weeklyoutlineside\" VALIGN=top ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=10>";
-        echo "</TD>";
+        echo "&nbsp;</TD>";
         echo "</TR>";
         echo "<TR><TD COLSPAN=3><IMG SRC=\"../pix/spacer.gif\" WIDTH=1 HEIGHT=1></TD></TR>";
     }
@@ -141,17 +141,19 @@
         $endweekday = userdate($weekdate+518400, " %d %B");
 
         if ($thisweek) {
-            $highlightcolor = "bgcolor=\"$THEME->cellheading2\" class=\"weeklyoutlinesidehighlight\"";
+            $colorsides = "bgcolor=\"$THEME->cellheading2\" class=\"weeklyoutlinesidehighlight\"";
+            $colormain  = "bgcolor=\"$THEME->cellcontent\" class=\"weeklyoutlinecontenthighlight\"";
         } else {
-            $highlightcolor = "bgcolor=\"$THEME->cellheading\" class=\"weeklyoutlineside\"";
+            $colorsides = "bgcolor=\"$THEME->cellheading\" class=\"weeklyoutlineside\"";
+            $colormain  = "bgcolor=\"$THEME->cellcontent\" class=\"weeklyoutlinecontent\"";
         }
 
         echo "<TR>";
-        echo "<TD NOWRAP $highlightcolor VALIGN=top WIDTH=20>";
+        echo "<TD NOWRAP $colorsides VALIGN=top WIDTH=20>";
         echo "<P ALIGN=CENTER><FONT SIZE=3><B>$week</B></FONT></P>";
         echo "</TD>";
 
-        echo "<TD VALIGN=top BGCOLOR=\"$THEME->cellcontent\" class=\"weeklyoutlinecontent\" WIDTH=\"100%\">";
+        echo "<TD $colormain VALIGN=top WIDTH=\"100%\">";
         echo "<P><FONT SIZE=3 COLOR=\"$THEME->cellheading2\">$weekday - $endweekday</FONT></P>";
 
         if (! $thisweek = $sections[$week]) {
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@
         }
 
         echo "</TD>";
-        echo "<TD NOWRAP $highlightcolor VALIGN=top ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=10>";
+        echo "<TD NOWRAP $colorsides VALIGN=top ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=10>";
         echo "<FONT SIZE=1>";
         if (isset($USER->section)) {
             $strshowallweeks = get_string("showallweeks");