diff --git a/i3blocks/battery_status.sh b/i3blocks/battery_status.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f126a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3blocks/battery_status.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+acpi -b | awk -F', ' '
+    /Battery/ {
+        split($2, percent, "%")
+        split($3, time, " ")
+        printf "  Battery: %d%%", percent[1]
+        if (time[1] != "") printf ", %s", time[1]
+        if ($1 ~ /Charging/) printf ", Charging"
+        printf "\n"
+    }'
+
diff --git a/i3blocks/config b/i3blocks/config
index 82b3c8f..2803e37 100644
--- a/i3blocks/config
+++ b/i3blocks/config
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ markup=pango
 command=~/.config/i3blocks/motherboard_temp.sh
 interval=10
 
-
 [memory]
 command=free -h | awk '/^Mem:/ {print "RAM: " $3 "/" $2}'  #  for RAM
 interval=10
@@ -30,6 +29,10 @@ interval=1
 command=~/.config/i3blocks/bluetooth.sh
 interval=5
 
+[battery]
+command=~/.config/i3blocks/battery_status.sh
+interval=30
+color=#50FA7B
 
 [ethernet]
 command=ip -o -4 addr show enp6s0 | awk '{print "  LAN: "$4}' || echo " LAN: down"  #  for Ethernet
@@ -43,3 +46,5 @@ interval=1
 command=echo "  $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')"  #  for time (Font Awesome icon)
 interval=1
 color=#50FA7B
+
+
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index c527d1a..d179ef3 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,3 @@ sudo pacman -S --needed ttf-dejavu noto-fonts ttf-font-awesome
 cp -r i3blocks ~/.config/
 cp -r i3 ~/.config/
 i3-msg reload
-reload