diff --git a/.config/sway/time b/.config/sway/time
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aecc4c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/sway/time
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Mon, Jan 13 - 14:28
diff --git a/.config/sway/time.sh b/.config/sway/time.sh
index d5bff520..f39a05ee 100755
--- a/.config/sway/time.sh
+++ b/.config/sway/time.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
-date +'%a, %b %d - %H:%M'
+date +'%a, %b %d - %H:%M' >./time