diff --git a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_battery b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_battery
index fc303ab..c931b45 100755
--- a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_battery
+++ b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_battery
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
 prct=$(upower -d | grep percentage | sed -n "1p" | sed -e 's/^.* //')
 prctonly=$(upower -d | grep percentage | sed -n "1p" | sed -e 's/^.* //' | sed 's/%//')
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ stat=$(upower -d | grep -m1 state | sed -e 's/^.* //')
 ## if any argument
 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
 	if [[ $stat == "charging" ]]; then
-		echo "BAT +$prct"
+		echo "BAT $prct +"
 		exit
 	fi
-	echo "BAT -$prct"
+	echo "BAT $prct -"
 	exit
 fi
 
diff --git a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_ipaddr b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_ipaddr
index 4598eaf..6b4aba3 100755
--- a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_ipaddr
+++ b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_ipaddr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 eth="$(ip -4 addr show enp8s0 | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}')"
 wlp="$(ip -4 addr show wlp7s0 | grep -oP '(?<=inet\s)\d+(\.\d+){3}')"
 
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ then
     exit;
 fi
 
-echo "$wlp"
\ No newline at end of file
+echo "$wlp"
diff --git a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_memory b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_memory
index f70e223..eab4d23 100755
--- a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_memory
+++ b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_memory
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 mem="$(free -h | awk '/^Mem:/ {print $3 "/" $2}')"
-echo -e "$mem"
+echo "$mem"
 
diff --git a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_volume b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_volume
index 09527b8..c774271 100755
--- a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_volume
+++ b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_volume
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 
-vol="$(amixer get Master | tail -n1 | sed -r 's/.*\[(.*)%\].*/\1/')"
+vol="$(pamixer --get-volume-human)"
+echo "VOL $vol"
 
-## if any argument
-if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
-    stat="$(amixer get Master | tail -n1 | sed -r 's/.*\[(.*)].*/\1/')"
-    if [[ $(echo $stat) == "on" ]]; then
-    	echo "VOL $vol%"
-    	exit
-    fi
-    echo "MUT $vol%"
-    exit
-fi
-
-
-## just returns volume %
-vol="$(amixer get Master | tail -n1 | sed -r 's/.*\[(.*)%\].*/\1/')"
-echo -e "$vol"
diff --git a/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_volume_amixer.old b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_volume_amixer.old
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..09527b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dwmblocks_scripts/dwm_volume_amixer.old
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+vol="$(amixer get Master | tail -n1 | sed -r 's/.*\[(.*)%\].*/\1/')"
+
+## if any argument
+if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
+    stat="$(amixer get Master | tail -n1 | sed -r 's/.*\[(.*)].*/\1/')"
+    if [[ $(echo $stat) == "on" ]]; then
+    	echo "VOL $vol%"
+    	exit
+    fi
+    echo "MUT $vol%"
+    exit
+fi
+
+
+## just returns volume %
+vol="$(amixer get Master | tail -n1 | sed -r 's/.*\[(.*)%\].*/\1/')"
+echo -e "$vol"