diff --git a/.spectrwm.conf b/.spectrwm.conf
index d0f7510..5c43430 100644
--- a/.spectrwm.conf
+++ b/.spectrwm.conf
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ bar_font_color[1]   	= rgb:bb/c5/ff, rgb:e1/ac/ff, rgb:dd/ff/a7, rgb:ff/8b/92, r
 bar_font_color_selected	= black
 bar_font	        	= Mononoki Nerd Font:size=9, JoyPixels:size=9
 bar_justify	        	= center
-bar_format	        	= +|L+1<+N:+I +S (+D) +W +|R+A+1<+@fg=5; %a %b %d %R  
+bar_format	        	= +|L+1<+N:+I +S (+D) +W +|R+A+1<+@fg=5; %a %b %d [%R] 
 workspace_indicator 	= listcurrent,listactive,markcurrent,printnames
 bar_at_bottom	     	= 0
 stack_enabled	    	= 1
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ name			= ws[9]:gfx
 modkey = Mod4
 
 # This allows you to include pre-defined key bindings for your keyboard layout.
-keyboard_mapping = ~/.spectrwm_us.conf
+# keyboard_mapping = ~/.spectrwm_us.conf
 
 # PROGRAMS
 
diff --git a/baraction.sh b/baraction.sh
index 8edb402..8680528 100755
--- a/baraction.sh
+++ b/baraction.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # baraction.sh for spectrwm status bar
 
-## DATE
-dte() {
-  dte="$(date +"%A, %B %d %l:%M%p")"
-  echo -e "$dte"
-}
-
 ## DISK
 hdd() {
   hdd="$(df -h | awk 'NR==4{print $3, $5}')"
@@ -15,7 +9,7 @@ hdd() {
 
 ## RAM
 mem() {
-  mem=`free | awk '/Mem/ {printf "%d MiB/%d MiB\n", $3 / 1024.0, $2 / 1024.0 }'`
+  mem=`free | awk '/Mem/ {printf "%dM/%dM\n", $3 / 1024.0, $2 / 1024.0 }'`
   echo -e "$mem"
 }
 
@@ -32,13 +26,18 @@ cpu() {
 
 ## VOLUME
 vol() {
-    vol=`amixer get Master | awk -F'[][]' 'END{ print $4":"$2 }'`
+    vol=`amixer get Master | awk -F'[][]' 'END{ print $4":"$2 }' | sed 's/on://g'`
     echo -e "VOL: $vol"
 }
 
-SLEEP_SEC=5
+SLEEP_SEC=3
 #loops forever outputting a line every SLEEP_SEC secs
+
+# It seems that we are limited to how many characters can be displayed via
+# the baraction script output. And the the markup tags count in that limit.
+# So I would love to add more functions to this script but it makes the 
+# echo output too long to display correctly.
 while :; do
-    echo "+@fg=1; +@fn=1;💻+@fn=0; $(cpu) +@fg=0; | +@fg=2;  +@fn=1;💾+@fn=0; $(mem) +@fg=0; | +@fg=3; +@fn=1;💿+@fn=0; $(hdd) +@fg=0; | +@fg=4; +@fn=1;🔈+@fn=0; $(vol) +@fg=0; |"
+    echo "+@fg=1; +@fn=1;💻+@fn=0; $(cpu) +@fg=0; | +@fg=2; +@fn=1;💾+@fn=0; $(mem) +@fg=0; | +@fg=3; +@fn=1;💿+@fn=0; $(hdd) +@fg=0; | +@fg=4; +@fn=1;🔈+@fn=0; $(vol) +@fg=0; |"
 	sleep $SLEEP_SEC
 done