diff --git a/config/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h b/config/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h
index 994a05ff..bd0964c9 100644
--- a/config/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h
+++ b/config/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ static const Block blocks[] = {
 	/*Icon*/	/*Command*/		/*Update Interval*/	/*Update Signal*/
 	{"Mem:", "free -h | awk '/^Mem/ { print $3\"/\"$2 }' | sed s/i//g",	30,		0},
 	{"", "date '+%b %d (%a) %I:%M%p'",					5,		0},
+  {"Bat:", "cat /sys/class/power_supply/BAT1/capacity", 30, 0},
 };
 
 //sets delimeter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter.