diff --git a/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart b/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart
index a1400b0..97d2b2a 100755
--- a/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart
+++ b/.config/herbstluftwm/autostart
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ hc keybind $Mod-Control-Right   resize right +$resizestep
 
 # tags
 tag_names=( {1..9} )
+tag_icons=( {1..9} )
 tag_keys=( {1..9} 0 )
 
 hc rename default "${tag_names[0]}" || true
diff --git a/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh b/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
index fb3dec1..e1f446c 100755
--- a/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
+++ b/.config/herbstluftwm/panel.sh
@@ -1,75 +1,17 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Panel for herbstluftwm using dzen2
- 
-## dzen stuff
-FG='#CCCCCC'
-BG='#333333'
-FONT="-*-fixed-medium-*-*-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
- 
-monitor=$@
+# Terminate already running bar instances
+killall -q polybar
 
-rect="$(herbstclient monitor_rect $monitor)"
-xoff=$(echo $rect | awk '{print $1}')
-yoff=0
-width=$(echo $rect | awk '{print $3}')
-height=$(echo $rect | awk '{print $2}')
+# Wait until the processes have been shut down
+while pgrep -u $UID -x polybar >/dev/null; do sleep 1; done
 
-function uniq_linebuffered() {
-   awk '$0 != l { print ; l=$0 ; fflush(); }' "$@"
-}
- 
-{
-   conky -c ~/.config/herbstluftwm/statusbar | while read -r; do
-      echo -e "conky $REPLY";
-     
-   done > >(uniq_linebuffered) &
-   childpid=$!
-   herbstclient --idle
-   kill $childpid
-} | {
-   TAGS=( $(herbstclient tag_status $monitor) )
-      conky=""
-      separator="^fg(#002B36)^ro(1x16)^fg()"
-      while true; do
-         for i in "${TAGS[@]}"; do
-            echo -n "^ca(1,herbstclient use ${i:1}) "
-            case ${i:0:1} in
-            '#')
-               echo -n "^fg(#2290B5)[^fg(#FFCC30)${i:1}^fg(#2290B5)]"
-               ;;
-            '%')
-               echo -n "^fg(#2290B5)(^fg(#FFCC30)${i:1}^fg(#2290B5))"
-               ;;
-            '+')
-               echo -n "^fg(#2290B5)[^fg(#CCCCCC)${i:1}^fg(#2290B5)]"
-               ;;
-            '-')
-               echo -n "^fg(#2290B5)(^fg(#CCCCCC)${i:1}^fg(#2290B5))"
-               ;;
-            ':')
-               echo -n "^fg(#CCCCCC) ${i:1} "
-               ;;
-            *)
-               echo -n "^fg(#2290B5) ${i:1} "
-               ;;
-            esac
-            echo -n "^ca()"
-        done
-        echo -n " $separator"
-        conky_text_only=$(echo -n "$conky "|sed 's.\^[^(]*([^)]*)..g')
-        width=$(textwidth "$FONT" "$conky_text_only  ")
-        echo -n "^p(_RIGHT)^p(-$width)$conky"
-        echo
-        read line || break
-        cmd=( $line )
-   case "$cmd[0]" in
-               tag*)
-                  TAGS=( $(herbstclient tag_status $monitor) )
-                  ;;
-               conky*)
-                  conky="${cmd[@]:1}"
-                  ;;
-               esac
-     done
-} 2> /dev/null |dzen2 -ta l -y $yoff -x $xoff -h $height -w $width -fg $FG -bg $BG -fn $FONT &
+if type "xrandr"; then
+  for m in $(xrandr --query | grep " connected" | cut -d" " -f1); do
+    MONITOR=$m polybar --reload mainbar-xmonad &
+  done
+else
+  polybar --reload mainbar-xmonad &
+fi
+
+echo "Bars launched..."
diff --git a/.config/polybar/config b/.config/polybar/config
index caa300b..2d0f1de 100644
--- a/.config/polybar/config
+++ b/.config/polybar/config
@@ -371,13 +371,13 @@ monitor = ${env:MONITOR}
 monitor-strict = false
 override-redirect = false
 width = 100%
-height = 30
+height = 20
 ;offset-x = 1%
 ;offset-y = 1%
 radius = 0.0
 fixed-center = true
 bottom = false
-separator = |
+separator = 
 
 background = ${colors.background}
 foreground = ${colors.foreground}
@@ -392,25 +392,26 @@ line-color = #f00
 ;border-bottom-size = 25
 border-color = #00000000
 
-padding-left = 0
+padding-left = 1
 padding-right = 1
 
-module-margin-left = 3
-module-margin-right = 3
+module-margin-left = 0
+module-margin-right = 0
 
 ; Enable support for inter-process messaging
 ; See the Messaging wiki page for more details.
 enable-ipc = true
 
 ;https://github.com/jaagr/polybar/wiki/Fonts
-font-0 = "Noto Sans:size=10;0"
-font-1 = "FontAwesome:size=13;0"
-font-2 = "Noto Sans:size=10;0"
-font-3 = "Noto Sans Mono:size=10;0"
+font-0 = "UbuntuMono Nerd Font:size=10;2"
+font-1 = "UbuntuMono Nerd Font:size=16;3"
+font-2 = "Font Awesome 5 Free:style=Regular:pixelsize=8;1"
+font-3 = "Font Awesome 5 Free:style=Solid:pixelsize=8;1"
+font-4 = "Font Awesome 5 Brands:pixelsize=8;1"
 
-modules-left = ewmh
-modules-center = kernel
-modules-right =  pavolume memory2 cpu2 date
+modules-left = ewmh xwindow
+modules-center = 
+modules-right = arrow1 networkspeedup networkspeeddown arrow2 memory2 arrow3 cpu2 arrow4 pavolume arrow5 arch-aur-updates arrow6 date
 
 tray-detached = false
 tray-offset-x = 0
@@ -916,36 +917,44 @@ enable-click = true
 enable-scroll = true
 reverse-scroll = true
 
+;extra icons to choose from
+;http://fontawesome.io/cheatsheet/
+;       v     
 
-icon-0 = 1;
-icon-1 = 2;
-icon-2 = 3;
-icon-3 = 4;
-icon-4 = 5;
-#icon-5 = 6;
+icon-0 = 1;
+icon-1 = 2;
+icon-2 = 3;
+icon-3 = 4;
+icon-4 = 5;
+icon-5 = 6;
+icon-6 = 7;
+icon-7 = 8;
+icon-8 = 9;
+icon-9 = 10;
+icon-default = " "
 format = <label-state>
 label-monitor = %name%
 
-label-active = %name%
+;label-active = %icon% %name%
+label-active = %icon%
 label-active-foreground = ${colors.foreground}
 label-active-background = ${colors.background}
 label-active-underline= #6790eb
-label-active-padding = 4
+label-active-padding = 1
 
-label-occupied = %name%
+label-occupied = %icon%
 label-occupied-background = ${colors.background}
-label-occupied-padding = 2
+label-occupied-padding = 1
 
-label-urgent = %name%
+label-urgent = %icon%
 label-urgent-foreground = ${colors.foreground}
 label-urgent-background = ${colors.alert}
 label-urgent-underline = ${colors.alert}
-label-urgent-padding = 2
+label-urgent-padding = 1
 
-
-label-empty = %name%
+label-empty = %icon%
 label-empty-foreground = ${colors.foreground}
-label-empty-padding = 2
+label-empty-padding = 1
 format-foreground = ${colors.foreground}
 format-background = ${colors.background}
 
diff --git a/.irssi/config b/.irssi/config
index 359ee7c..c7a6698 100755
--- a/.irssi/config
+++ b/.irssi/config
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@ servers = (
     address = "irc.undernet.org";
     chatnet = "Undernet";
     port = "6667";
+  },
+  {
+    address = "chat.freenode.net";
+    chatnet = "Freenode";
+    port = "6697";
+    password = "DistroTube:PASSSWORD";
+    use_tls = "yes";
+    tls_cert = "~/.irssi/certs/freenode.pem";
+    tls_verify = "no";
+    autoconnect = "yes";
   }
 );