diff --git a/sway/.config/sway/config b/sway/.config/sway/config
index 3ae15d2..8bffe08 100644
--- a/sway/.config/sway/config
+++ b/sway/.config/sway/config
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ bar {
 
     # When the status_command prints a new line to stdout, swaybar updates.
     # The default just shows the current date and time.
-    status_command while date +'%Y-%m-%d %X'; do sleep 1; done
+    status_command while ~/.config/sway/status.sh; do sleep 1; done
 
     colors {
         statusline #ffffff
diff --git a/sway/.config/sway/status.sh b/sway/.config/sway/status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4ad1796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sway/.config/sway/status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+date_formatted=$(date "+%a %F %H:%M")
+
+battery_status=$(cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/capacity)
+
+echo $battery_status'% -' $date_formatted