diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
index 52256019..4b3d9de7 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-forecast
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ url="${WTTRURL:-wttr.in}"
 weatherreport="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/weatherreport"
 
 # Get a weather report from 'wttr.in' and save it locally.
-getforecast() { timeout --signal=1 2s curl -sf "$url/$LOCATION" > "$weatherreport" || exit 1; }
+getforecast() { curl -sf "$url/$LOCATION" --output "$weatherreport" && touch "$weatherreport"; }
 
 # Forecast should be updated only once a day.
 checkforecast() {
-	[ -s "$weatherreport" ] && [ "$(stat -c %y "$weatherreport" 2>/dev/null |
+	[ "$(stat -c %y "$weatherreport" 2>/dev/null |
 		cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')" ]
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
 	6) setsid -f "$TERMINAL" -e "$EDITOR" "$0" ;;
 esac
 
-checkforecast || getforecast
-
-showweather
+checkforecast && showweather ||
+	( flock -n 9  &&
+		( until { [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/w*/operstate)" = 'up' ] || [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/e*/operstate)" = 'up' ]; } &&
+		getforecast; do sleep 60; done &&
+		pkill -RTMIN+"${1:-5}" "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}" ) &
+	echo ) 9>"${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/sb-forecast.lock"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-iplocate b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-iplocate
index a9043e32..7911b503 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-iplocate
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-iplocate
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@
 #
 # https://www.maketecheasier.com/ip-address-geolocation-lookups-linux/
 
-set -e
+ifinstalled "geoip" || exit 1
 
-ifinstalled "geoip"
-addr="$(geoiplookup "$(curl -sfm 1 ifconfig.me 2>/dev/null)")"
+ipfile="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/iplocate"
+addr=$(cat "$ipfile" 2>/dev/null) && addr=$(geoiplookup "$addr" 2>/dev/null) && rm "$ipfile" ||
+	( flock -n 9 &&
+		( until { [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/w*/operstate)" = 'up' ] || [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/e*/operstate)" = 'up' ]; } &&
+		curl -sf api.ipify.org --output "$ipfile"; do sleep 60; done &&
+		pkill -RTMIN+"${1:-27}" "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}" ) &
+	echo; exit ) 9>"${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/sb-iplocate.lock"
 name="${addr##*, }"
 flag="$(grep "flag: $name" "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/larbs/emoji")"
 flag="${flag%% *}"
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-moonphase b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-moonphase
index d496ae22..a2a6eca6 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-moonphase
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-moonphase
@@ -4,8 +4,12 @@
 
 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" > "$moonfile" || exit 1 ;}
+[ "$(stat -c %y "$moonfile" 2>/dev/null | cut -d' ' -f1)" = "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')" ] ||
+	( flock -n 9 &&
+		( until { [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/w*/operstate)" = 'up' ] || [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/e*/operstate)" = 'up' ]; } &&
+		curl -sf "wttr.in/?format=%m" --output "$moonfile" && touch "$moonfile"; do sleep 60; done &&
+		pkill -RTMIN+"${1:-17}" "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}" ) &
+	echo; exit ) 9>"${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/sb-moonphase.lock"
 
 icon="$(cat "$moonfile")"
 
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
index 611ec36f..ebc4fd47 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/sb-price
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ filestat="$(stat -c %x "$pricefile" 2>/dev/null)"
 
 [ -d "$dir" ] || mkdir -p "$dir"
 
-updateprice() { curl -sf -m 1 --fail-early $denom.$url/{1$target,$target$interval} --output "$pricefile" --output "$chartfile" ||
-	rm -f "$pricefile" "$chartfile" ;}
+updateprice() { curl -sf --fail-early $denom.$url/{1$target,$target$interval} --output "$pricefile" --output "$chartfile" && touch "$pricefile" "$chartfile"; }
 
 [ "${filestat%% *}" != "$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')" ] &&
 	updateme="1"
@@ -48,9 +47,16 @@ case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
 esac
 
 [ -n "$updateme" ] &&
-	updateprice "$target" &&
-	[ -n "$showupdate" ] &&
-	notify-send "$icon Update complete." "$name price is now
-\$$(cat "$pricefile")"
+	if [ -n "$showupdate" ]; then
+		updateprice && notify-send "$icon Update complete." "$name price is now \$$(cat "$pricefile")"
+	else
+		[ -n "$4" ] &&
+			( flock -n 9 &&
+				( until { [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/w*/operstate)" = 'up' ] || [ "$(cat /sys/class/net/e*/operstate)" = 'up' ]; } &&
+				updateprice; do sleep 60; done &&
+				pkill -RTMIN+"$4" "${STATUSBAR:-dwmblocks}" ) &
+			echo; exit ) 9>"${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/sb-price.lock" ||
+			updateprice
+	fi
 
 [ -f "$pricefile" ] && printf "%s%s%0.2f" "$icon" "$symb" "$(cat "$pricefile")"