diff --git a/bumblebee_status/core/module.py b/bumblebee_status/core/module.py
index c4b66a4..312862d 100644
--- a/bumblebee_status/core/module.py
+++ b/bumblebee_status/core/module.py
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ class Module(core.input.Object):
         self.alias = self.__config.get("__alias__", None)
         self.id = self.alias if self.alias else self.name
         self.next_update = None
+        self.minimized = False
+        self.minimized = self.parameter("start-minimized", False)
 
         self.theme = theme
 
@@ -126,6 +128,8 @@ class Module(core.input.Object):
 
         for prefix in [self.name, self.module_name, self.alias]:
             value = self.__config.get("{}.{}".format(prefix, key), value)
+            if self.minimized:
+                value = self.__config.get("{}.minimized.{}".format(prefix, key), value)
         return value
 
     """Set a parameter for this module
diff --git a/bumblebee_status/core/output.py b/bumblebee_status/core/output.py
index 9c032d6..121df27 100644
--- a/bumblebee_status/core/output.py
+++ b/bumblebee_status/core/output.py
@@ -166,6 +166,12 @@ class i3(object):
     def toggle_minimize(self, event):
         widget_id = event["instance"]
 
+        for module in self.__modules:
+            if module.widget(widget_id=widget_id) and util.format.asbool(module.parameter("minimize", False)) == True:
+                # this module can customly minimize
+                module.minimized = not module.minimized
+                return
+
         if widget_id in self.__content:
             self.__content[widget_id]["minimized"] = not self.__content[widget_id]["minimized"]
 
@@ -216,6 +222,10 @@ class i3(object):
 
     def blocks(self, module):
         blocks = []
+        if module.minimized:
+            blocks.extend(self.separator_block(module, module.widgets()[0]))
+            blocks.append(self.__content_block(module, module.widgets()[0]))
+            return blocks
         for widget in module.widgets():
             if widget.module and self.__config.autohide(widget.module.name):
                 if not any(
diff --git a/bumblebee_status/modules/core/datetime.py b/bumblebee_status/modules/core/datetime.py
index f421e15..febb5fb 100644
--- a/bumblebee_status/modules/core/datetime.py
+++ b/bumblebee_status/modules/core/datetime.py
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ class Module(core.module.Module):
         super().__init__(config, theme, core.widget.Widget(self.full_text))
 
         core.input.register(self, button=core.input.LEFT_MOUSE, cmd="calendar")
-        self._fmt = self.parameter("format", self.default_format())
         l = locale.getdefaultlocale()
         if not l or l == (None, None):
             l = ("en_US", "UTF-8")
@@ -36,7 +35,8 @@ class Module(core.module.Module):
 
     def full_text(self, widget):
         enc = locale.getpreferredencoding()
-        retval = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(self._fmt)
+        fmt = self.parameter("format", self.default_format())
+        retval = datetime.datetime.now().strftime(fmt)
         if hasattr(retval, "decode"):
             return retval.decode(enc)
         return retval