diff --git a/node.lua b/node.lua
index e84330d..2a98415 100644
--- a/node.lua
+++ b/node.lua
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ local tracks = {}
 local all_next_talks = {}
 local show_language = true
 local show_track = true
+local is_single_day = false
 local hide_talks_older_than_minutes = 25
 
 gl.setup(NATIVE_WIDTH, NATIVE_HEIGHT)
@@ -63,6 +64,12 @@ util.data_mapper{
             clock = data
         elseif path == "time" then
             time = tonumber(data)
+        elseif path == "single_day" then
+            if tostring(data) == "1" then
+                is_single_day = true
+            else
+                is_single_day = false
+            end
         end
     end,
 }
@@ -126,7 +133,9 @@ function node.render()
     gl.clear(0, 0, 0, 1)
 
     y = PADDING
-    font_day:write(PADDING, y, string.format("Day %d", day), TOPBAR_FONT_SIZE, 1, 1, 1, 1)
+    if not is_single_day then
+        font_day:write(PADDING, y, string.format("Day %d", day), TOPBAR_FONT_SIZE, 1, 1, 1, 1)
+    end
 
     local clock_width = font_clock:width(clock, TOPBAR_FONT_SIZE)
     font_clock:write(NATIVE_WIDTH-PADDING-clock_width, y, clock, TOPBAR_FONT_SIZE, 1, 1, 1, 1)
diff --git a/service b/service
index 58affbe..20308fc 100755
--- a/service
+++ b/service
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ def log(msg):
     sys.stderr.write("[pretalx] {}\n".format(msg))
 
 
-def idle(seconds, event_start, event_tz):
+def idle(seconds, event_start, event_end, event_tz):
     end = time.time() + seconds
     log("sleeping for {} seconds".format(seconds))
     while time.time() < end:
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ def idle(seconds, event_start, event_tz):
             send_data["clock"] = event_now.strftime(config["clock_format"])
             send_data["day"] = day_info.days
 
+            # "single day" is only used in standalone mode to hide the
+            # the day information
+            if event_end is not None:
+                if event_start == event_end:
+                    send_data["single_day"] = 1
+                else:
+                    send_data["single_day"] = 0
+
         for k, v in send_data.items():
             node.send_raw("{}/{}:{}".format(SEND_PREFIX, k, v))
         time.sleep(1)
@@ -53,6 +61,7 @@ def idle(seconds, event_start, event_tz):
 def main():
     event_info = None
     event_start = None
+    event_end = None
     schedule = None
     event_tz = pytz.utc
 
@@ -84,6 +93,7 @@ def main():
 
             if event_info is not None:
                 event_start = datetime.strptime(event_info["start"], "%Y-%m-%d")
+                event_end = datetime.strptime(event_info["end"], "%Y-%m-%d")
                 event_tz = pytz.timezone(event_info["timezone"])
 
             try:
@@ -135,6 +145,9 @@ def main():
                 event_start = datetime.strptime(
                     raw_schedule["conference"]["start"][:10], "%Y-%m-%d"
                 )
+                event_end = datetime.strptime(
+                    raw_schedule["conference"]["end"][:10], "%Y-%m-%d"
+                )
                 event_tz = pytz.timezone(raw_schedule["conference"]["time_zone_name"])
 
                 for day in raw_schedule["conference"]["days"]:
@@ -181,7 +194,7 @@ def main():
         else:
             log("unknown json flavour, something is very wrong")
 
-        idle(30, event_start, event_tz)
+        idle(30, event_start, event_end, event_tz)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":