diff --git a/home/programs/xmonad/default.nix b/home/programs/xmonad/default.nix
index 28cc4a4..e783403 100644
--- a/home/programs/xmonad/default.nix
+++ b/home/programs/xmonad/default.nix
@@ -12,5 +12,12 @@
     };
   };
 
-  home.packages = with pkgs; [ xmobar maim xdotool xorg.xmessage ghc ];
+  home.packages = with pkgs; [
+    xmobar
+    maim
+    xdotool
+    xorg.xmessage
+    ghc
+    cabal-install
+  ];
 }
diff --git a/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/Plugins/Audio.hs b/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/Plugins/Audio.hs
index a1bcd6f..6a8a4c6 100644
--- a/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/Plugins/Audio.hs
+++ b/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/Plugins/Audio.hs
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 module Plugins.Audio where
 
 import Xmobar
+import Xmobar.Run.Timer (doEveryTenthSeconds)
+import System.Process
+import System.Exit
+import System.IO (hClose, hGetLine)
 
 data Audio = Audio String Int deriving (Read, Show)
 
 instance Exec Audio where
   alias (Audio _ _) = "audio"
-  run (Audio f _) = audio f
-  rate (Audio _ r) = r
+  start (Audio f r) cb = if r > 0 then (doEveryTenthSeconds r (audio f cb)) else audio f cb
 
-audio :: String -> IO String
-audio format = do
-  return $ show (format)
+audio :: String -> (String -> IO ()) -> IO ()
+audio format cb = do
+  (i,o,e,p) <- runInteractiveProcess "pulseaudio-ctl full-status" [] Nothing Nothing
+  exit <- waitForProcess p
+  let closeHandles = hClose o >> hClose i >> hClose e
+      getL = hGetLine o
+  str <- getL
+  closeHandles
+  cb str
+--readProcess "pulseaudio-ctl full-status" []
diff --git a/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/cabal.project b/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/cabal.project
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7ad71d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/cabal.project
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+packages: .
+
+with-compiler: ghc-9.2.4
+
+package xmobar
+  flags: +all_extensions
diff --git a/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/xmobar-custom.cabal b/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/xmobar-custom.cabal
index bbb66fb..02970c2 100644
--- a/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/xmobar-custom.cabal
+++ b/home/programs/xmonad/src/xmobar/xmobar-custom.cabal
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ executable xmobar
 
     -- Other library packages from which modules are imported.
     build-depends:    base ^>=4.17.2.1,
-                      xmobar ^>=0.47.1
+                      xmobar ^>=0.47.1,
+                      process
 
     -- Directories containing source files.
     hs-source-dirs:   .