diff --git a/src/overlay/elements/leaderboard.rs b/src/overlay/elements/leaderboard.rs
index 754166e..df881a1 100644
--- a/src/overlay/elements/leaderboard.rs
+++ b/src/overlay/elements/leaderboard.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ use ui::prelude::*;
 use utilities::prelude::Color;
 
 use crate::overlay::{rfactor_data::DataReceiver, UiOverlay};
+use crate::write_log;
 
 pub struct LeaderBoard {
     gui_handler: Arc<GuiHandler>,
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ pub struct LeaderBoard {
     entries: Vec<LeaderBoardEntry>,
 
     entry_backgrounds: [Color; 2],
+    player_background: Color,
 }
 
 impl LeaderBoard {
@@ -37,22 +39,38 @@ impl LeaderBoard {
             entries: Vec::new(),
 
             entry_backgrounds: [Color::try_from("#838383")?, Color::try_from("#545454")?],
+            player_background: Color::try_from("#b4bf26")?,
         })
     }
+
+    fn c_char_to_string(c: [c_char; 32usize]) -> String {
+        unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(&c as *const c_char) }
+            .to_str()
+            .unwrap()
+            .to_string()
+    }
 }
 
 impl UiOverlay for LeaderBoard {}
 
 impl DataReceiver for LeaderBoard {
     fn scoring_update(&mut self, vehicle_scorings: &[VehicleScoringInfoV01]) -> Result<()> {
+        write_log!("=================== leader board: scoring update ===================");
+
         for vehicle_scoring in vehicle_scorings {
+            let driver_name = Self::c_char_to_string(vehicle_scoring.mDriverName);
+
             // check driver list
             match self
                 .entries
                 .iter_mut()
-                .find(|entry| vehicle_scoring.mID == entry.id)
+                .find(|entry| vehicle_scoring.mID == entry.id())
             {
                 Some(entry) => {
+                    if entry.name() != driver_name {
+                        entry.change_name(driver_name)?;
+                    }
+
                     entry.update_place(vehicle_scoring.mPlace)?;
                     entry.update_time_behind_leader(vehicle_scoring.mTimeBehindLeader)?;
                     entry.update_time_behind_next(vehicle_scoring.mTimeBehindNext)?;
@@ -61,10 +79,7 @@ impl DataReceiver for LeaderBoard {
                     let entry = LeaderBoardEntry::new(
                         &self.gui_handler,
                         vehicle_scoring.mID,
-                        unsafe { CStr::from_ptr(&vehicle_scoring.mDriverName as *const c_char) }
-                            .to_str()
-                            .unwrap()
-                            .to_string(),
+                        driver_name,
                         vehicle_scoring.mPlace,
                         vehicle_scoring.mTimeBehindLeader,
                         vehicle_scoring.mTimeBehindNext,
@@ -75,11 +90,14 @@ impl DataReceiver for LeaderBoard {
             }
         }
 
+        write_log!("create entries");
+
         // check if entry count in grid is the same as the gathered entries
-        let force_update = if self
-            .main_grid
-            .child_at(0, self.entries.len() - 1)?
-            .is_none()
+        let force_update = if !self.entries.is_empty()
+            && self
+                .main_grid
+                .child_at(0, self.entries.len() - 1)?
+                .is_none()
         {
             for i in 0..self.entries.len() {
                 self.main_grid.detach(0, i)?;
@@ -92,6 +110,8 @@ impl DataReceiver for LeaderBoard {
 
         // check if any entry needs resorting
         if force_update || self.entries.iter().any(|entry| entry.needs_resorting()) {
+            write_log!("leader board update required");
+
             self.entries
                 .sort_by(|lhs, rhs| lhs.place().cmp(&rhs.place()));
 
@@ -109,14 +129,22 @@ impl DataReceiver for LeaderBoard {
             self.gui.enable()?;
         }
 
+        write_log!("leader board update finished");
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
     fn telemetry_update(
         &mut self,
-        _player_id: Option<i32>,
+        player_id: Option<i32>,
         _telemetries: &[rF2VehicleTelemetry],
     ) -> Result<()> {
+        if let Some(player_id) = player_id {
+            if let Some(entry) = self.entries.iter().find(|entry| entry.id() == player_id) {
+                entry.change_background_color(self.player_background)?;
+            }
+        }
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }
@@ -178,10 +206,24 @@ impl LeaderBoardEntry {
         })
     }
 
+    pub fn id(&self) -> i32 {
+        self.id
+    }
+
     pub fn place(&self) -> u8 {
         self.place
     }
 
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.name
+    }
+
+    pub fn change_name(&mut self, name: String) -> Result<()> {
+        self.name = name;
+
+        self.name_label.set_text(&self.name)
+    }
+
     pub fn snippet(&self) -> Arc<GuiSnippet> {
         self.snippet.clone()
     }
diff --git a/src/overlay/elements/ui_files/leaderboard_entry.xml b/src/overlay/elements/ui_files/leaderboard_entry.xml
index 2d6d04c..78de1e5 100644
--- a/src/overlay/elements/ui_files/leaderboard_entry.xml
+++ b/src/overlay/elements/ui_files/leaderboard_entry.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <root>
-    <grid id="grid" x_dim="6" y_dim="1">
+    <grid id="grid" x_dim="9" y_dim="1">
         <label id="place" x_slot="0" y_slot="0" text_color="black"></label>
-        <label id="name" x_slot="1" y_slot="0" x_size="3" text_color="black"></label>
-        <label id="time_behind" x_slot="4" y_slot="0" x_size="2" text_color="black"></label>
+        <label id="name" x_slot="1" y_slot="0" x_size="6" text_color="black"></label>
+        <label id="time_behind" x_slot="7" y_slot="0" x_size="2" text_color="black"></label>
     </grid>
 </root>
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diff --git a/src/overlay/elements/ui_files/leaderboard_grid.xml b/src/overlay/elements/ui_files/leaderboard_grid.xml
index 7d59f19..5a2a63d 100644
--- a/src/overlay/elements/ui_files/leaderboard_grid.xml
+++ b/src/overlay/elements/ui_files/leaderboard_grid.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml-model href="gui.xsd" type="application/xml" schematypens="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"?>
 <root reference_width="2560" reference_height="1440">
-    <grid id="main_grid" x_dim="1" y_dim="25" x_offset="10" y_offset="70" width="250" height="1000"
+    <grid id="main_grid" x_dim="1" y_dim="25" x_offset="10" y_offset="70" width="350" height="875"
         vert_align="top" hori_align="left" margin="0" padding="0"> </grid>
 </root>
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