diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index 2e65ef2316..d1fd3765fb 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@
 			'inline' : true,
 			'transition' : 'elastic'
 		});
-
+		$("a.ajax-popupbox").colorbox({
+			'transition' : 'elastic'
+		});
 
 		/* notifications template */
 		var notifications_tpl= unescape($("#nav-notifications-template[rel=template]").html());
diff --git a/view/templates/events_reminder.tpl b/view/templates/events_reminder.tpl
index 9aceb3f1cb..2fcb1908d7 100644
--- a/view/templates/events_reminder.tpl
+++ b/view/templates/events_reminder.tpl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 <div id="event-wrapper" style="display: none;" ><div id="event-title">{{$event_title}}</div>
 <div id="event-title-end"></div>
 {{foreach $events as $event}}
-<div class="event-list" id="event-{{$event.id}}"> <a class="cboxElement" href="events/?id={{$event.id}}">{{$event.title}}</a> - {{$event.date}} </div>
+<div class="event-list" id="event-{{$event.id}}"> <a class="ajax-popupbox" href="events/?id={{$event.id}}">{{$event.title}}</a> - {{$event.date}} </div>
 {{/foreach}}
 </div>
 {{/if}}