diff --git a/.config/sway/config b/.config/sway/config
index 72b5c828..eb42c4f2 100644
--- a/.config/sway/config
+++ b/.config/sway/config
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ 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 +'%a, %b %d %X'; do sleep 1; done
+    status_command while date +'%a, %b %d - %H:%M'; do sleep 60; done
 
     colors {
       background $bg
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ bar {
 # TODO: add obsidian and filen?
 
 # WARNING: DO NOT TOUCH OR ELSE BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN!!!!
-exec nm-applet
+exec nm-applet &
 exec dunst  
 exec autotiling &
 exec blueman-applet &
diff --git a/.config/sway/time.sh b/.config/sway/time.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d5bff520
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/sway/time.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+date +'%a, %b %d - %H:%M'