diff --git a/config/dwm/config.def.h b/config/dwm/config.def.h
index 04d1dec8..4ce4d4da 100644
--- a/config/dwm/config.def.h
+++ b/config/dwm/config.def.h
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
 
+/* includes */
+
+#include <X11/XF86keysym.h>
+
 /* appearance */
 static const unsigned int borderpx  = 2;        /* border pixel of windows */
 static const unsigned int gappx = 15; /* gaps between windows */
@@ -82,6 +86,10 @@ static char dmenumon[2] = "0"; /* component of dmenucmd, manipulated in spawn()
 static const char *dmenucmd[] = { "dmenu_run", "-m", dmenumon, "-fn", dmenufont, "-nb", col_gray1, "-nf", col_gray3, "-sb", col_cyan, "-sf", col_gray4, NULL };
 static const char *roficmd[] = { "rofi", "-show-icons", "-show", "drun", NULL };
 static const char *termcmd[]  = { "kitty", NULL };
+// audio
+static const char *upvol[]      = { "/usr/bin/pactl",   "set-sink-volume", "0",      "+5%",      NULL };
+static const char *downvol[]    = { "/usr/bin/pactl",   "set-sink-volume", "0",      "-5%",      NULL };
+static const char *mutevol[]    = { "/usr/bin/pactl",   "set-sink-mute",   "0",      "toggle", 
 
 static const Key keys[] = {
 	/* modifier                     key        function        argument */
@@ -111,6 +119,10 @@ static const Key keys[] = {
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_minus,  setgaps,        {.i = -1 } },
 	{ MODKEY,                       XK_equal,  setgaps,        {.i = +1 } },
 	{ MODKEY|ShiftMask,             XK_equal,  setgaps,        {.i = 0  } },
+  // audio
+  { 0,                       XF86XK_AudioLowerVolume, spawn, {.v = downvol } },
+	{ 0,                       XF86XK_AudioMute,        spawn, {.v = mutevol } },
+	{ 0,                       XF86XK_AudioRaiseVolume, spawn, {.v = upvol   } },
 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_1,                      0)
 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_2,                      1)
 	TAGKEYS(                        XK_3,                      2)
diff --git a/config/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h b/config/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h
index bd0964c9..6c8cbad6 100644
--- a/config/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h
+++ b/config/dwmblocks/blocks.def.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ static const Block blocks[] = {
 	{"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},
+  {"Vol:", "pamixer --get-volume-human", 30, 0},
 };
 
 //sets delimeter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter.