diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
index 2b41b3d7..582af2b5 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
@@ -48,6 +48,4 @@ case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
 	6) "$TERMINAL" -e "$EDITOR" "$0" ;;
 esac
 
-checkforecast || getforecast
-
-showweather
+checkforecast && showweather || { ( getforecast && pkill -RTMIN+5 "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}") & echo; }
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-iplocate b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-iplocate
index 02adab8d..a6eb76fc 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-iplocate
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-iplocate
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@
 # https://www.maketecheasier.com/ip-address-geolocation-lookups-linux/
 
 ifinstalled "geoip" || exit
-addr="$(curl ifconfig.me 2>/dev/null)" || exit
+ipfile="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/iplocate"
+addr=$(cat "$ipfile") && rm "$ipfile" || { ( curl -s ifconfig.me > "$ipfile" && pkill -RTMIN+27 "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}") & echo; exit; }
 grep "flag: " "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/emoji" | grep "$(geoiplookup "$addr" | sed 's/.*, //')" | sed "s/flag: //;s/;.*//"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-moonphase b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-moonphase
index 99adaee8..7b939feb 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-moonphase
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-moonphase
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 moonfile="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/moonphase"
 
 [ -s "$moonfile" ] && [ "$(stat -c %y "$moonfile" 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')" ] ||
-	{ curl -sf "wttr.in/?format=%m" > "$moonfile" || exit 1 ;}
+	{ ( curl -sf "wttr.in/?format=%m" > "$moonfile" && pkill -RTMIN+17 "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}" ) & echo; exit; }
 
 icon="$(cat "$moonfile")"
 
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
index 9dc2d527..7304de8f 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ filestat="$(stat -c %x "$pricefile" 2>/dev/null)"
 
 [ -d "$dir" ] || mkdir -p "$dir"
 
-updateprice() { curl -sf -m 1 --fail-early $currency.$url/{1$1,$1$interval} --output "$pricefile" --output "$chartfile" ||
+updateprice() { curl -sf $currency.$url/{1$1,$1$interval} --output "$pricefile" --output "$chartfile" ||
 	rm -f "$pricefile" "$chartfile" ;}
 
 [ "${filestat%% *}" != "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')" ] &&
@@ -38,10 +38,21 @@ case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
 esac
 
 [ -n "$updateme" ] &&
-	updateprice "$1" &&
-	[ -n "$showupdate" ] &&
-	notify-send "$3 Update complete." "$2 price is now
-\$$(cat "$pricefile")"
+	if [ -n "$showupdate" ]; then
+		updateprice "$1" && notify-send "$3 Update complete." "$2 price is now \$$(cat "$pricefile")"
+	else
+		# get dwmblocks signal numbers corresponding to currency
+		case "$1" in
+			lbc)  sig="22" ;;
+			bat)  sig="20" ;;
+			link) sig="25" ;;
+			xmr)  sig="24" ;;
+			eth)  sig="23" ;;
+			btc)  sig="21" ;;
+		esac
+
+		( updateprice "$1" && pkill -RTMIN+"$sig" "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}") & echo; exit
+	fi
 
 case "$currency" in
 	usd) symb="$" ;;