diff --git a/dk-home/.local/bin/bar b/dk-home/.local/bin/bar
index 5bd91fba..cc8dbc6d 100755
--- a/dk-home/.local/bin/bar
+++ b/dk-home/.local/bin/bar
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@ underline=3
 separator="┃"
 
 # xfonts (adjust size based on resolution)
-size=$(xrandr | grep ' connected' | grep -o '[0-9]\+x[0-9]\+' | cut -d'x' -f2)
-if (( size >= 2160 )); then
+px=$(xrandr | grep ' connected' | grep -o '[0-9]\+x[0-9]\+' | cut -d'x' -f2)
+mm=$(xrandr | grep ' connected' | grep -o '[0-9]\+mm' | tail -n1 | sed 's/mm//')
+dpi=$(( (px / mm) * 25 ))
+
+if (( dpi >= 140 )); then
 	font0="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
-elif (( size >= 1440 )); then
+elif (( dpi >= 120 )); then
 	font0="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--18-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
-elif (( size >= 1080 )); then
+elif (( dpi >= 100 )); then
 	font0="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--14-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
 else
 	font0="-xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-240-72-72-c-120-iso10646-1"
@@ -90,15 +93,48 @@ volume()
 	fi
 }
 
+network()
+{
+	check()
+	{
+		if hash nm-online > /dev/null 2>&1 && [[ $(systemctl is-active NetworkManager.service) == "active" ]]; then
+			nm-online > /dev/null 2>&1
+		else
+			ping -qc1 'archlinux.org' > /dev/null 2>&1
+		fi
+	}
+
+	if [[ $1 ]]; then
+		until check; do
+			printf 'N%s\n' "%{A1:$1:} disconnected %{A}"
+			sleep 5
+		done
+		while :; do
+			printf 'N%s\n' "%{A1:$1:} connected %{A}"
+			sleep 100
+		done
+	else
+		until check; do
+			printf 'N%s\n' " disconnected %{A}"
+			sleep 5
+		done
+		while :; do
+			printf 'N%s\n' " connected %{A}"
+			sleep 100
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
 parsefifo()
 {
-	typeset f='' b='' u='' wm='' time='' bat='' vol='' title='' layout='' s="$separator"
+	typeset f='' b='' u='' wm='' time='' net='' bat='' vol='' title='' layout='' s="$separator"
 
 	while read -r line; do
 		case $line in
 			T*) time="${line#?}" ;;
 			V*) vol="${line#?}" ;;
 			B*) bat="${line#?}" ;;
+			N*) net="${line#?}" ;;
 			A*) title="${line#?}" title="${title:0:50}";;
 			L*) l="${line#?}"; layout="${layouts[$l]}" ;;
 			W*)
@@ -116,7 +152,7 @@ parsefifo()
 				done
 				;;
 		esac
-		printf "%s\n" "%{l}$wm $s $layout%{c}$title%{r}${bat}${s}${vol}${s}${time}"
+		printf "%s\n" "%{l}$wm $s $layout%{c}$title%{r}${net}${s}${bat}${s}${vol}${s}${time}"
 	done
 }
 
@@ -132,8 +168,9 @@ mkfifo "$fifo"
 # here we dump info into the FIFO, order does not matter things are parsed
 # out using the first character of the line. Click commands for left button
 # can be added by passing an argument containing the command (like volume below)
+network 'xterm -e nmtui-connect' > "$fifo" &
 clock 'gsimplecal' > "$fifo" &
-battery 'xfce4-power-manager-settings' > "$fifo" &
+battery '' > "$fifo" &
 volume 'pavucontrol' > "$fifo" &
 dkcmd status type=bar > "$fifo" &