diff --git a/config/xmobar/scripts/pulsevol.sh b/config/xmobar/scripts/pulsevol.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..dc2d6766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/xmobar/scripts/pulsevol.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+vol=$(pamixer --get-volume)
+mute=$(pamixer --get-mute)
+
+if [ $mute = 'true' ]; then
+  echo MUTED
+else
+  echo Vol: $vol%
+fi
diff --git a/config/xmobar/scripts/volume.sh b/config/xmobar/scripts/volume.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index abd81b40..00000000
--- a/config/xmobar/scripts/volume.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# Get the maximum volume of any pulseaudio sink channel
-# amixer get Master | egrep -o "[0-9]+%"
-vol=$(amixer get Master | awk -F'[]%[]' '/%/ {if ($7 == "off") { print "MM" } else { print $2 }}' | head -n 1)
-
-echo Vol: $vol%