diff --git a/home/config b/home/config
index c77a6b7..bc01bb6 100644
--- a/home/config
+++ b/home/config
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ bar {
 
     # When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.
     # The default just shows the current date and time.
-    status_command while date +'%Y-%m-%d %X'; do sleep 1; done
+    status_command ~/.config/sway/status
 
     colors {
         statusline #ffffff
diff --git a/home/default.nix b/home/default.nix
index 56298f0..15514f9 100644
--- a/home/default.nix
+++ b/home/default.nix
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ in
   };
 
   home.file.".config/sway/config".source = ./config;
+  home.file.".config/sway/status".source = ./status;
 
   # Let Home Manager install and manage itself.
   programs.home-manager.enable = true;
diff --git a/home/pkgs.nix b/home/pkgs.nix
index 8c1657f..0fb833c 100644
--- a/home/pkgs.nix
+++ b/home/pkgs.nix
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ with pkgs; [
   prusa-slicer
   pv
   pwgen
-  python3
+  (python3.withPackages (python-pkgs: with python-pkgs; [
+    pandas
+    requests
+  ]))
   ranger
   recipemd
   reptyr
diff --git a/home/status b/home/status
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..176467a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/status
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import json
+import sys
+import time
+import requests
+import logging
+
+from datetime import datetime
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Status:
+    def status(self):
+        return None
+
+
+class Cat(Status):
+    index = 0
+
+    def status(self):
+        cat_width = 200
+        index = self.index
+        catwalk = " " * (cat_width - index) + 1 * "🐈🏳️‍🌈" + " " * index
+        self.index = (index + 1) % cat_width
+
+        return catwalk
+
+
+class Space(Status):
+    backoff = 0
+    c_status = None
+
+    def status(self):
+        backoff = self.backoff
+        if self.backoff == 0:
+            self.update()
+
+        return self.c_status
+
+    def update(self):
+        spacestatus_url = "https://status.stratum0.org/status.json"
+        resp = requests.get(url=spacestatus_url)
+        self.backoff = (self.backoff + 1) % 120
+        data = resp.json()
+        if data["isOpen"]:
+            since = datetime.strptime(data["since"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f").strftime("%A at %H:%M")
+            spacestatus = f"Space is open since {since}"
+        else:
+            spacestatus = "Space is closed"
+        self.c_status = spacestatus
+
+
+class Battery(Status):
+    capacity_file = open('/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity', 'r')
+    status_file = open('/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/status', 'r')
+
+    def status(self):
+        self.status_file.seek(0)
+        status = self.status_file.read().rstrip()
+
+        self.capacity_file.seek(0)
+        capacity = self.capacity_file.read().rstrip()
+
+        battery = f"{status} {capacity}%"
+
+        return battery
+
+
+class Time(Status):
+    def status(state):
+        return datetime.now().strftime("%Vth %A %H:%M")
+
+
+def print_header():
+    header = {
+        "version": 1,
+        "click_events": False,
+    }
+    print(json.dumps(header))
+    print("[")
+
+
+def run(interval, widgets):
+    print_header()
+
+    while True:
+        body = []
+
+        for widget in widgets:
+            try:
+                status = widget.status()
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(e)
+            if status:
+                body += {"full_text": f"{status}"},
+
+        print(json.dumps(body), ",", flush=True)
+
+        ts = interval - (time.time() % interval)
+        time.sleep(ts)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
+    # Interval in seconds
+    interval = 1.0
+
+    widgets = [Cat(), Space(), Battery(), Time()]
+
+    run(interval, widgets)
diff --git a/nixos/gorgon/configuration.nix b/nixos/gorgon/configuration.nix
index 85bb03d..e0268e2 100644
--- a/nixos/gorgon/configuration.nix
+++ b/nixos/gorgon/configuration.nix
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ in
     ghostscript
     smartmontools
 
+    dmenu
     grim # screenshot functionality
     slurp # screenshot functionality
     mako # notification system developed by swaywm maintainer