diff --git a/sway/status.sh b/sway/status.sh
index a97fd02..5947068 100755
--- a/sway/status.sh
+++ b/sway/status.sh
@@ -6,71 +6,107 @@ brightness_icon=""
 bluetooth_icon=""
 keyboard_icon="⌨"
 date_icon=""
+volume_icon=""
+muted_icon=""
 
+# --- Added for Signal Handling ---
+# File to store the PID of this script
+status_pid_file="/tmp/swaybar_status_pid"
+
+# Function to update the status and print it
+update_status() {
+	# VPN (Mullvad)
+	vpn_status=$(mullvad status)
+	is_connected=$(echo "$vpn_status" | grep -c "Connected")
+	if [ "$is_connected" -eq 1 ]; then
+		visible_location=$(echo "$vpn_status" | grep -oP "Visible location:\s+\K.*" | cut -d. -f1)
+		vpn_display="$vpn_icon  $visible_location"
+	else
+		vpn_display="$vpn_icon  Disconnected"
+	fi
+
+	# Network status
+	ssid=$(nmcli -t -f ACTIVE,SSID dev wifi | grep -E '^yes' | cut -d: -f2)
+	if [ -z "$ssid" ]; then
+		network_display="$wifi_icon  Disconnected"
+	else
+		network_display="$wifi_icon  $ssid"
+	fi
+
+	# Date/time
+	date_time_icon="$date_icon  $(date +"%a %b %d, %H:%M")"
+
+	# Battery
+	battery=$("$HOME/.config/confutils/get-battery.sh")
+
+	# Brightness
+	brightness=$(brightnessctl | grep -oP '[0-9]+(?=%)')
+	brightness_display="$brightness_icon  $brightness%"
+
+	# Bluetooth
+	bluetooth_device=$(bluetoothctl devices Connected \
+		| awk '{$1=$2=""; print $0}' \
+		| sed 's/^ *//g')
+	if [ -z "$bluetooth_device" ]; then
+		bluetooth_display=""
+	else
+		bluetooth_display="$bluetooth_icon $bluetooth_device"
+	fi
+
+	# Keyboard layout
+	language_index=$(swaymsg -t get_inputs | jq -r '.[] | select(.type=="keyboard") | .xkb_active_layout_index' | head -n 1)
+	if [ "$language_index" -eq 0 ]; then
+		keyboard_layout="US"
+	else
+		keyboard_layout="SE" # Assuming SE is index 1
+	fi
+	keyboard_display="$keyboard_icon $keyboard_layout"
+
+    volume_output=$(wpctl get-volume @DEFAULT_AUDIO_SINK@)
+    is_muted=$(echo "$volume_output" | grep -c "MUTED")
+    if [ "$is_muted" -eq 1 ]; then
+        volume_display="$muted_icon Muted"
+    else
+        # Extract decimal volume (e.g., 0.75) and convert to percentage
+        volume_decimal=$(echo "$volume_output" | awk '{print $2}')
+        # Use awk to multiply by 100 and format as an integer percentage
+        volume_percent=$(awk -v vol="$volume_decimal" 'BEGIN {printf "%.0f", vol * 100}')
+        volume_display="$volume_icon   $volume_percent%"
+    fi
+
+	# Combine all statuses
+	final_status=""
+	if [ -n "$bluetooth_display" ]; then
+		final_status="$bluetooth_display"
+	fi
+
+	space="   " # Using standard spaces for separation
+	final_status="$final_status$space$volume_display"
+	final_status="$final_status$space$brightness_display"
+	final_status="$final_status$space$battery"
+	final_status="$final_status$space$keyboard_display"
+	final_status="$final_status$space$vpn_display"
+	final_status="$final_status$space$network_display"
+	final_status="$final_status$space$date_time_icon"
+	final_status="$final_status " # Trailing space
+
+	# Print the status followed by a newline
+	echo "$final_status"
+}
+
+# --- Added for Signal Handling ---
+# Write the script's PID to the file so we can signal it
+echo $$ > "$status_pid_file"
+
+# Trap a real-time signal (e.g., SIGRTMIN+8) to trigger an immediate update
+# When this signal is received, the 'update_status' function is executed
+trap 'update_status' 42
+
+# Main loop
 while true; do
-    # VPN (Mullvad)
-    vpn_status=$(mullvad status)
-    is_connected=$(echo "$vpn_status" | grep -c "Connected")
-    if [ "$is_connected" -eq 1 ]; then
-        visible_location=$(echo "$vpn_status" | grep -oP "Visible location:\s+\K.*" | cut -d. -f1)
-        vpn_display="$vpn_icon $visible_location"
-    else
-        vpn_display="$vpn_icon Disconnected"
-    fi
-
-    # Network status
-    ssid=$(nmcli -t -f ACTIVE,SSID dev wifi | grep -E '^yes' | cut -d: -f2)
-    if [ -z "$ssid" ]; then
-        network_display="$wifi_icon Disconnected"
-    else
-        network_display="$wifi_icon $ssid"
-    fi
-
-    # Date/time
-    date_time_icon="$date_icon $(date +"%a %b %d, %H:%M")"
-
-    # Battery
-    battery=$("$HOME/.config/confutils/get-battery.sh")
-
-    # Brightness
-    brightness=$(brightnessctl | grep -oP '[0-9]+(?=%)')
-    brightness_display="$brightness_icon $brightness%"
-
-    # Bluetooth
-    bluetooth_device=$(bluetoothctl devices Connected \
-        | awk '{$1=$2=""; print $0}' \
-        | sed 's/^ *//g')
-    if [ -z "$bluetooth_device" ]; then
-        bluetooth_display=""
-    else
-        bluetooth_display="$bluetooth_icon $bluetooth_device"
-    fi
-
-    # Keyboard layout
-    language_index=$(swaymsg -t get_inputs | jq -r '.[] | select(.type=="keyboard") | .xkb_active_layout_index' | head -n 1)
-    if [ "$language_index" -eq 0 ]; then
-        keyboard_layout="US"
-    else
-        keyboard_layout="SE"
-    fi
-    keyboard_display="$keyboard_icon $keyboard_layout"
-
-    # Combine all statuses, separated by tabs (\t).
-    # - In zsh, you can do literal tabs with $'\t' 
-    final_status=""
-    if [ -n "$bluetooth_display" ]; then
-        final_status="$bluetooth_display"
-    fi
-
-    space="    "
-    final_status="$final_status$space$brightness_display"
-    final_status="$final_status$space$battery"
-    final_status="$final_status$space$keyboard_display"
-    final_status="$final_status$space$vpn_display"
-    final_status="$final_status$space$network_display"
-    final_status="$final_status$space$date_time_icon"
-    final_status="$final_status "
-
-    echo "$final_status"
-    sleep 1
+	update_status # Perform the regular update
+	sleep 1
 done
+
+# Clean up the PID file on exit (optional but good practice)
+trap 'rm "$status_pid_file"' EXIT