diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/tobiasschuerg/weekview/sample/SampleActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/tobiasschuerg/weekview/sample/SampleActivity.kt
index c263ade..a960624 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/tobiasschuerg/weekview/sample/SampleActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/tobiasschuerg/weekview/sample/SampleActivity.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import android.view.View
 import android.widget.Toast
 import com.jakewharton.threetenabp.AndroidThreeTen
 import de.tobiasschuerg.weekview.data.Event
+import de.tobiasschuerg.weekview.data.EventConfig
 import de.tobiasschuerg.weekview.data.WeekData
 import de.tobiasschuerg.weekview.view.EventView
 import kotlinx.android.synthetic.main.activity_sample.*
@@ -48,6 +49,10 @@ class SampleActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         setContentView(R.layout.activity_sample)
 
+
+        val config = EventConfig(showSubtitle = false, showTimeEnd = false)
+        week_view_foo.eventConfig = config
+
         // set up the WeekView with the data
         week_view_foo.addLessonsToTimetable(data)
         // optional: add an onClickListener for each event
diff --git a/library/src/main/java/de/tobiasschuerg/weekview/view/WeekView.kt b/library/src/main/java/de/tobiasschuerg/weekview/view/WeekView.kt
index dfd0f06..e4402cc 100644
--- a/library/src/main/java/de/tobiasschuerg/weekview/view/WeekView.kt
+++ b/library/src/main/java/de/tobiasschuerg/weekview/view/WeekView.kt
@@ -42,10 +42,7 @@ class WeekView(context: Context, attributeSet: AttributeSet) : RelativeLayout(co
     private val scaleGestureDetector: ScaleGestureDetector
     private val weekViewConfig: WeekViewConfig
 
-    private var eventConfig = EventConfig()
-        set(value) {
-            field = value
-        }
+    var eventConfig = EventConfig()
 
     init {
         val arr = context.obtainStyledAttributes(attributeSet, R.styleable.WeekView)