diff --git a/files/.config/dk/dkrc b/files/.config/dk/dkrc
index 248a236..0a4ce56 100755
--- a/files/.config/dk/dkrc
+++ b/files/.config/dk/dkrc
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@ date > "$logfile"
 
 # load sxhkd for keybinds
 pgrep sxhkd || sxhkd -c "$HOME/.config/dk/sxhkdrc" &
-
-# spawn a scratchpad terminal if not already (see sxhkdrc and rules for binds/setup)
-# pgrep -f "st -c scratchpad" || st -c scratchpad &
+pgrep bar.sh || bar.sh &
 
 # adjust border widths based on the DPI of the monitor
 px=$(xrandr | grep ' connected' | tail -n1 | grep -o '[0-9]\+x[0-9]\+' | cut -d'x' -f2)
diff --git a/files/.dooble/dooble_settings.db b/files/.dooble/dooble_settings.db
index 044dc1d..1c3fe4c 100644
Binary files a/files/.dooble/dooble_settings.db and b/files/.dooble/dooble_settings.db differ
diff --git a/files/.local/bin/bar.sh b/files/.local/bin/bar.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..086d6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/.local/bin/bar.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# shellcheck disable=SC2059,SC2064,SC2086,SC2001,SC2016
+
+# simple lightweight lemonbar script for use with dk
+
+set -eE -o pipefail
+
+bg="#3f3c6d" # background colour
+fg="#a39ef1" # foreground colour
+hi="#00aaaa" # highlight colour
+ul=2         # underline thickness
+sep="┃"      # separator text
+font="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
+fifo="/tmp/bar.fifo"
+
+# adjust font size based on resolution DPI
+px=$(xrandr | grep ' connected' | tail -n1 | grep -o '[0-9]\+x[0-9]\+' | cut -d'x' -f2)
+mm=$(xrandr | grep ' connected' | tail -n1 | grep -o '[0-9]\+mm' | tail -n1 | sed 's/mm//')
+dpi=$(( (px / mm) * 25 ))
+if (( dpi >= 140 )); then
+	font="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--20-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
+elif (( dpi >= 120 )); then
+	font="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--16-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
+elif (( dpi >= 100 )); then
+	font="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
+fi
+
+clock()
+{
+	date +"T %a %H:%M $sep"
+
+	# sync up the clock to the minute mark
+	min=$(date +"%M")
+	while [[ $(date +"%M") == "$min" ]]; do
+		sleep 1
+	done
+
+	while :; do
+		date +"T %a %H:%M $sep"
+		sleep 60
+	done
+}
+
+battery()
+{
+	while :; do
+		perc="$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/capacity)"
+		printf 'B Bat: %s%%%s\n' " ${perc}"
+		sleep 60
+	done
+}
+
+volume()
+{
+	vol="$(amixer sget Master | awk -F"[][]" '/(Mono|Left):/ { print $2 }')"
+	printf 'V vol: %s%%\n' "$vol"
+}
+
+workspaces()
+{
+	# these will be filled out once we eval each line
+	typeset name="" title="" layout="" focused=false active=false
+
+	WS=""
+	while read -r l; do
+		eval "$l"
+		if [[ $l =~ ^title=* ]]; then
+			# default foreground, background, and underline colours
+			# changing the foreground and underline based on
+			# the active and focused state
+			f="$fg" b="$bg" u="$fg";
+			$active && u="$hi"
+			if $focused; then
+				# clicking the layout symbol will cycle the layout
+				lyt="%{A:dkcmd set layout cycle:}${layouts[$layout]}%{A}"
+				WIN="${title:0:50}"
+				f="$hi"
+			fi
+			# clicking on a workspace name will view it
+			WS="$WS%{F$f}%{B$b}%{+u}%{U$u}%{A:dkcmd ws $name:} $name %{A}%{-u}%{B-}%{F-}"
+		fi
+		# turn the dk JSON output into lines that can be `eval`ed one by one,
+		# filling out the following fields: name, focused, active, layout, title
+	done < <(dkcmd -p <<< "$1" | sed '/.*\[\|]/d; /[{}],\?/d; s/^\s*\|,$//g; /"monitor":\|"number":\|"id":/d; s/"\(.*\)": /\1=/; s/\$(/\\\$(/g; s/`/\\`/g')
+	WS="$WS $sep $lyt"
+}
+
+parsefifo()
+{
+	# globals to simplify the workspaces call
+	declare -g WS WIN
+
+	local time vol bat net
+
+	while read -r line; do
+		case $line in
+			T*) time="${line#?}" ;;
+			V*) vol="${line#?}" ;;
+			B*) bat="${line#?}" ;;
+			N*) net="${line#?}" ;;
+			'{'*) workspaces "$line" ;;
+		esac
+		printf "%s\n" "%{l}$sep ${WS}%{c}${WIN}%{r}${net}${bat}${vol}${time}"
+	done
+}
+
+# kill the process and cleanup if we exit or get killed
+trap "trap - TERM; rm -f '$fifo'; kill 0" INT TERM QUIT EXIT PIPE
+
+# make the fifo
+[ -e "$fifo" ] && rm "$fifo"
+mkfifo "$fifo"
+
+# here we dump info into the FIFO, order does not matter things are parsed
+# out using the first character of the line. Click commands for left button
+# can be added by passing an argument containing the command (like below)
+#
+# comment a line to remove the "module"
+clock > "$fifo" &
+battery > "$fifo" &
+volume > "$fifo" &
+dkcmd status type=bar > "$fifo" &
+
+# run the pipeline
+if [[ $1 == '-b' ]]; then
+	parsefifo < "$fifo" | lemonbar -b -a 32 -u $ul -B "$bg" -F "$fg" -f "$font" | sh;
+else
+	parsefifo < "$fifo" | lemonbar -a 32 -u $ul -B "$bg" -F "$fg" -f "$font" | sh
+fi
+
+# vim:ft=sh:fdm=marker:fmr={,}
diff --git a/files/dots/files/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf b/files/dots/files/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf
index 605734f..e13fb2d 100644
--- a/files/dots/files/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf
+++ b/files/dots/files/.config/lxterminal/lxterminal.conf
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 fontname=Iosevka 12
 selchars=-A-Za-z0-9,./?%&#:_
 scrollback=1000
-bgcolor=rgb(246,245,244)
+bgcolor=rgb(255,255,255)
 fgcolor=rgb(0,0,0)
 palette_color_0=rgb(0,0,0)
 palette_color_1=rgb(170,0,0)