diff --git a/.local/bin/dwmbar b/.local/bin/dwmbar
index 2711dcce..9e0f1120 100755
--- a/.local/bin/dwmbar
+++ b/.local/bin/dwmbar
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ status() { \
 
 	# Get the volume of ALSA's master volume output.  Show an icon if or
 	# not muted.
-	amixer get Master | grep -o "[0-9]*%\|\[on\]\|\[off\]" | sed "s/\[on\]//;s/\[off\]//"
+	amixer get Master | grep -o "[0-9]*%\|\[on\]\|\[off\]" | tr '\n' ' ' | sed -e '/off/c' -e 's/\[on\]//' | awk '{print $2 " " $1}' | xargs
 
 	echo "$delim"