diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f536d82..02a7574 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,5 +5,4 @@ c/timer
 c/boid
 c/a.out
 c/anaconda
-c/simplestatus
 c/colors
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fe7308e..ea90499 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,12 +23,13 @@ sh:
 	cp -f sh/vim-swap-handler $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/snownews-url-handler $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/status $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
+	cp -f sh/statusbar $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/cfg $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/fire $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/pash-dmenu $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f sh/pash-dmenu-backend $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 
-mkc: c/scream c/timer c/boid c/anaconda c/simplestatus c/colors
+mkc: c/scream c/timer c/boid c/anaconda c/colors
 
 c/boid:
 	cc c/boid.c -o c/boid -lm -lX11
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ c:
 	cp -f c/timer $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f c/boid $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f c/anaconda $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
-	cp -f c/simplestatus $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	cp -f c/colors $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 
 clean:
diff --git a/c/simplestatus.c b/c/simplestatus.c
deleted file mode 100644
index dadc4fb..0000000
--- a/c/simplestatus.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,336 +0,0 @@
-#include <stdio.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
-#include <string.h>
-#include <signal.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <sys/stat.h>
-#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <unistd.h>
-
-#define NAME "simplestatus"
-
-typedef struct module {
-  char *mod_name;
-  int refresh;
-  int signal;
-  struct module *next;
-} module;
-
-typedef struct cache {
-  char *mod_name;
-  char *data;
-  struct cache *next;
-} cache;
-
-const int alloc_inc = 30;
-const char module_text[] = "module";
-const char order_text[] = "order";
-const char format_text[] = "format";
-char *format_string = NULL;
-module *table = NULL;
-cache *mcache = NULL;
-
-void llprintf(char *fmt) {
-  int length = strlen(fmt);
-  cache *ptr = mcache;
-
-  ptr = mcache;
-
-  for(int i = 0; i < length; i++) {
-    if(fmt[i] == '&') {
-      fprintf(stdout, "%s", ptr->data);
-      ptr = ptr->next;
-    } else {
-      fprintf(stdout, "%c", fmt[i]);
-    }
-  }
-
-  fprintf(stdout, "\n");
-
-  fflush(stdout);
-}
-
-char *get_conf_dir(void) {
-  /* check if $XDG_CONFIG_DIR is set */
-  char *rootdir, *append;
-  if((rootdir = getenv("XDG_CONFIG_DIR"))) {
-    append = "/"NAME"/";
-  } else if((rootdir = getenv("HOME"))) {
-    append = "/.config/"NAME"/";
-  } else {
-    return NULL;
-  }
-
-  char *buffer = malloc(strlen(rootdir) + strlen(append) + 1);
-  strcpy(buffer, rootdir);
-  strcat(buffer, append);
-
-  return buffer;
-}
-
-char *execstdout(char *file, char *arg[], char *env[]) {
-  int pfds[2];
-
-  if(pipe(pfds) == -1) {
-    perror("PIPE");
-    fprintf(stderr, "pipe failed! aborting.\n");
-    abort();
-  }
-
-  int pid = fork();
-
-  if(pid == -1) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "fork failed! aborting.\n");
-    abort();
-  } else if(pid == 0) {
-    if(close(1) == -1) exit(0);
-    if(dup(pfds[1]) == -1) exit(0);
-    if(close(pfds[0])) exit(0);
-    execlp(file, file, NULL);
-  } else {
-    wait(NULL);
-
-    int bufsize = alloc_inc, total = 0;
-    char *buf = malloc(bufsize);
-
-    if(!buf) {
-      fprintf(stderr, "malloc failed! aborting.\n");
-      abort();
-    }
-
-    for(;;) {
-      int size = read(pfds[0], buf + total, alloc_inc);
-
-      if(size == -1) {
-        if(errno == EINTR) {
-          continue;
-        } else {
-          free(buf);
-          close(pfds[0]);
-          close(pfds[1]);
-          return NULL;
-        }
-      }
-
-      total += size;
-
-      if(size == alloc_inc) { /* we need to reallocate */
-        buf = realloc(buf, (bufsize *= 2));
-        if(!buf) {
-          fprintf(stderr, "realloc failed! aborting.\n");
-          abort();
-        }
-        continue;
-      }
-
-      buf[total] = '\0';
-      buf = realloc(buf, strlen(buf));
-
-      close(pfds[0]);
-      close(pfds[1]);
-      return buf;
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-char *read_line(FILE *fp) {
-  int size = 30;
-  int filled = 0;
-  int c;
-  char *buf = malloc(size);
-
-  while(c = fgetc(fp)) {
-    if(c == EOF) {
-      if(filled == 0) {
-        free(buf);
-        return NULL;
-      } else {
-        break;
-      }
-    }
-    if(c == '\n') break;
-    if(size == filled) {
-      buf = realloc(buf, (size *= 2));
-    }
-    buf[filled] = c;
-    filled++;
-  }
-  buf[filled] = '\0';
-
-  return buf;
-}
-
-module *parse_file(char *file) {
-  FILE *fp = fopen(file, "r");
-  char *cline;
-  module *current = NULL, *head = NULL;
-  int linenumber = 0;
-  while((cline = read_line(fp)) != NULL) {
-		printf("debug: %s\n", cline);
-    linenumber++;
-    /* free the string up here */
-    if(strlen(cline) == 0) {
-      free(cline);
-      continue;
-    }
-    if(cline[0] == '#') {
-      free(cline);
-      continue;
-    }
-
-		char *res = strtok(cline, " ");
-		if(!res) printf("strtok returned NULL!\n");
-
-    if(!memcmp(res, module_text, sizeof module_text)) {
-      if(current == NULL) {
-        current = malloc(sizeof *current);
-        head = current;
-        current->next = NULL;
-      } else {
-        current->next = malloc(sizeof *current);
-        current = current->next;
-        current->next = NULL;
-      }
-
-      /* get the module name */
-      char *token = strtok(NULL, " ");
-      if(!token) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "syntax error at line %i: specify a module name!\n", linenumber);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-      current->mod_name = strdup(token);
-
-      /* get the signal number */
-      token = strtok(NULL, " ");
-      if(!token) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "syntax error at line %i: specify the signal number!\n", linenumber);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-      current->signal = atoi(token);
-
-      /* get the refresh duration */
-      token = strtok(NULL, " ");
-      if(!token) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "syntax error at line %i: specify the refresh duration!\n", linenumber);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-      current->refresh = atoi(token);
-
-      free(cline);
-      continue;
-    } else if(!memcmp(res, order_text, sizeof order_text)) {
-      if(mcache) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "syntax error at line %i: you can't issue the order command twice\n", linenumber);
-        return NULL;
-      }
-
-      char *token;
-      cache *ptr = mcache;
-      while(token = strtok(NULL, " ")) {
-        if(mcache) {
-          ptr->next = malloc(sizeof *mcache);
-          ptr = ptr->next;
-        } else {
-          mcache = malloc(sizeof mcache);
-          ptr = mcache;
-        }
-        ptr->mod_name = token;
-        ptr->data = NULL;
-        ptr->next = NULL;
-      }
-    } else if(!memcmp(res, format_text, sizeof format_text)) {
-      char *pattern = cline + sizeof format_text;
-      format_string = strdup(pattern);
-    }
-  }
-
-  fclose(fp);
-
-  return head;
-}
-
-int is_dir(char *dir) {
-  struct stat sb;
-
-  if(stat(dir, &sb) == 0 && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode)) {
-    return 1;
-  } else {
-    return 0;
-  }
-}
-
-void sighandler(int sig) {
-  module *ptr = table;
-  char *mod = NULL;
-  while(ptr) {
-    if(ptr->signal == sig) {
-      mod = ptr->mod_name;
-
-      char *path = malloc(strlen(mod) + 3);
-      strcpy(path, "./");
-      strcat(path, mod);
-
-      char *output = execstdout(path, NULL, NULL);
-      free(path);
-
-      cache *ptr2 = mcache;
-      while(ptr2) {
-        if(!memcmp(mod, ptr2->mod_name, strlen(mod))) {
-          ptr2->data = output;
-          break;
-        }
-        ptr2 = ptr2->next;
-      }
-    }
-    ptr = ptr->next;
-  }
-}
-
-void sighandler_w(int sig) {
-  sighandler(sig);
-  llprintf(format_string);
-}
-
-void create_sighandle_from_table(void) {
-  module *ptr = table;
-  struct sigaction *action = malloc(sizeof *action);
-  action->sa_handler = sighandler_w;
-  sigemptyset(&(action->sa_mask));
-  action->sa_flags = 0;
-  while(ptr) {
-    sigaction(ptr->signal, action, NULL);
-    sighandler(ptr->signal); /* force an update */
-    ptr = ptr->next;
-  }
-}
-
-int main(void) {
-  char *conf_dir = get_conf_dir();
-  if(!is_dir(conf_dir)) {
-    fprintf(stderr, "create configuration at %s and try again\n", conf_dir);
-    exit(1);
-  }
-  chdir(conf_dir);
-  table = parse_file("config");
-  create_sighandle_from_table();
-  llprintf(format_string);
-
-  int counter = 0;
-
-  for(;;) {
-    module *ptr = table;
-
-    counter++;
-    sleep(1);
-
-    while(ptr) {
-      if(counter % ptr->refresh == 0) {
-        sighandler_w(ptr->signal);
-      }
-      ptr = ptr->next;
-    }
-  }
-
-  return 0;
-}
diff --git a/sh/status b/sh/status
index 77002c2..7a72474 100755
--- a/sh/status
+++ b/sh/status
@@ -1,5 +1,88 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-[ "$(ps aux | grep simplestatus | wc -l)" -eq 2 ] && killall simplestatus
+power_prefix="/sys/class/power_supply/"
+[ -d "${power_prefix}sbs-20-000b" ] && bat="sbs-20-000b"
 
-simplestatus | lemonbar -f 'Fantasque Sans Mono' -B "#161510" -F "#4c4635" &
+[ "$(ps aux | grep pulseaudio | wc -l)" -eq 2 ] && ss="pulse" || ss="alsa"
+
+mod_bspwm () {
+	used_desk=$(bspc query -D -d .occupied --names | tr '\n' ' ')
+	current_desk=$(bspc query -D -d .focused --names)
+	final_string=""
+	current_printed=0
+	
+	for i in $used_desk; do
+		[ "$i" = "$current_desk" ] && \
+			final_string=${final_string}"*$i " && \
+			current_printed=1 || \
+			final_string=${final_string}"$i "
+	done
+	
+	[ $current_printed -eq 0 ] &&
+		final_string=${final_string}"*$current_desk "
+	
+	printf "%s" "$final_string"
+}
+
+mod_power () {
+	tr -d '\n' < /sys/class/power_supply/$bat/capacity
+}
+
+mod_vol () {
+	[ "$ss" = "pulse" ] && pactl list sinks | awk -F' ' '$1 == "Volume:" {print "pv" $5}'
+	[ "$ss" = "alsa" ] && amixer | grep '^  Front' | awk -F'[' '{ORS = ""; print "av" substr($2, 1, 3); exit}'
+}
+
+mod_hello () {
+	printf "HJi there"
+}
+
+update_mod () {
+	output="$(eval "mod_$1")"
+	eval "output_$1=\"$output\""
+}
+
+get_mod () {
+	eval "printf '%s' \${output_$1}"
+}
+
+echo_bar () {
+	left="$(get_mod "power") $(get_mod "vol") $(get_mod "bspwm")"
+	right="$(get_mod "hello")"
+
+	width="$(tput cols)"
+	rightwidth="${#right}"
+
+	# print left side
+	printf "\033[2J\033[H%s" "$left"
+
+	# print right side
+	printf "\033[1;%if%s" "$(($width - $rightwidth + 1))" "$right"
+}
+
+register_sigs () {
+	trap "update_mod vol" USR2
+	trap "update_mod bspwm" USR1
+}
+
+update_all () {
+	update_mod power
+	update_mod vol
+	update_mod bspwm
+}
+
+tput civis
+
+register_sigs
+
+update_mod power
+update_mod vol
+update_mod hello
+update_mod bspwm
+
+i=0
+while true; do
+	sleep 1
+	[ "$i" -eq 29 ] && update_all && i=0
+	echo_bar
+done
diff --git a/sh/statusbar b/sh/statusbar
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4c58361
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sh/statusbar
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+st -c statusbar -g 195x1+0+0 -e status
diff --git a/sh/vol b/sh/vol
index fe2a790..0cd2572 100755
--- a/sh/vol
+++ b/sh/vol
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ else
 	amixer -c 0 set Master "5%${sign}"
 fi
 
-killall -12 simplestatus
+killall -12 status