diff --git a/scripts/bar.sh b/scripts/bar.sh
index 7f98d652..291a8327 100755
--- a/scripts/bar.sh
+++ b/scripts/bar.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/dash
+#!/bin/bash
 
 # ^c$var^ = fg color
 # ^b$var^ = bg color
@@ -8,33 +8,24 @@ interval=0
 # load colors
 . ~/.config/chadwm/scripts/bar_themes/onedark
 
-cpu() {
-  cpu_val=$(grep -o "^[^ ]*" /proc/loadavg)
-
-  printf "^c$black^ ^b$green^ CPU"
-  printf "^c$white^ ^b$grey^ $cpu_val"
-}
-
+# Update checking function (Arch Linux)
 pkg_updates() {
-  #updates=$({ timeout 20 doas xbps-install -un 2>/dev/null || true; } | wc -l) # void
-  updates=$({ timeout 20 checkupdates 2>/dev/null || true; } | wc -l) # arch
-  # updates=$({ timeout 20 aptitude search '~U' 2>/dev/null || true; } | wc -l)  # apt (ubuntu, debian etc)
-
-  if [ -z "$updates" ]; then
+  updates=$(checkupdates 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+  if [[ -z "$updates" ]]; then
     printf "  ^c$green^    Fully Updated"
   else
-    printf "  ^c$green^    $updates"" updates"
+    printf "  ^c$green^    $updates updates"
   fi
 }
 
 battery() {
-  get_capacity="$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/capacity)"
-  printf "^c$blue^   $get_capacity"
+  get_capacity="$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity)"
+  printf "^c$blue^   $get_capacity%%"
 }
 
 brightness() {
   printf "^c$red^   "
-  printf "^c$red^%.0f\n" $(cat /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness)
+  printf "^c$red^%.0f\n" "$(cat /sys/class/backlight/*/brightness)"
 }
 
 mem() {
@@ -43,21 +34,20 @@ mem() {
 }
 
 wlan() {
-	case "$(cat /sys/class/net/wl*/operstate 2>/dev/null)" in
-	up) printf "^c$black^ ^b$blue^ 󰤨 ^d^%s" " ^c$blue^Connected" ;;
-	down) printf "^c$black^ ^b$blue^ 󰤭 ^d^%s" " ^c$blue^Disconnected" ;;
-	esac
+  case "$(cat /sys/class/net/wl*/operstate 2>/dev/null)" in
+    up) printf "^c$black^ ^b$blue^ 󰤨  ^d^%s" " ^c$blue^Connected" ;;
+    down) printf "^c$black^ ^b$blue^ 󰤭 ^d^%s" " ^c$blue^Disconnected" ;;
+  esac
 }
 
 clock() {
-	printf "^c$black^ ^b$darkblue^ 󱑆 "
-	printf "^c$black^^b$blue^ $(date '+%H:%M')  "
+  printf "^c$black^ ^b$darkblue^ 󱑆 "
+  printf "^c$black^^b$blue^ $(date '+%H:%M') "
 }
 
+# Main loop
 while true; do
-
-  [ $interval = 0 ] || [ $(($interval % 3600)) = 0 ] && updates=$(pkg_updates)
-  interval=$((interval + 1))
-
-  sleep 1 && xsetroot -name "$updates $(battery) $(brightness) $(cpu) $(mem) $(wlan) $(clock)"
+  updates=$(pkg_updates) # Update every loop now. Less resource intensive than checking every second.
+  xsetroot -name "$updates $(battery) $(brightness) $(volume) $(mem) $(wlan) $(clock)"
+  sleep 3600
 done