diff --git a/dotfiles/config/i3/.i3status.conf b/dotfiles/config/i3/.i3status.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e049f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/config/i3/.i3status.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+general {
+        output_format = "i3bar"
+        colors = true
+        color_good = "#a5d1ed"
+        color_bad = "#7F2F25"
+        color_degraded = "#87C2EA"
+        interval = 5
+}
+
+order += "ipv6"
+order += "disk /"
+order += "run_watch DHCP"
+order += "run_watch VPNC"
+order += "path_exists VPN"
+order += "wireless wlp3s0"
+order += "ethernet eth0"
+order += "volume master"
+order += "battery 0"
+order += "cpu_temperature 0"
+order += "load"
+order += "tztime local"
+# order += "tztime berlin"
+
+wireless wlp3s0 {
+        format_up = "W: (%quality at %essid, %bitrate) %ip"
+        format_down = "W: down"
+}
+
+ethernet eth0 {
+        # if you use %speed, i3status requires the cap_net_admin capability
+        format_up = "E: %ip (%speed)"
+        format_down = "E: down"
+}
+
+battery 0 {
+        format = "%status %percentage %remaining %emptytime"
+        format_down = "No battery"
+        status_chr = "⚇ CHR"
+        status_bat = "⚡ BAT"
+        status_full = "FULL"
+        path = "/sys/class/power_supply/BAT%d/uevent"
+        low_threshold = 10
+}
+
+run_watch DHCP {
+        pidfile = "/var/run/dhcpcd*.pid"
+}
+
+run_watch VPNC {
+        # file containing the PID of a vpnc process
+        pidfile = "/var/run/vpnc/pid"
+}
+
+path_exists VPN {
+        # path exists when a VPN tunnel launched by nmcli/nm-applet is active
+        path = "/proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/tun0"
+}
+
+tztime local {
+        format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
+}
+
+tztime berlin {
+        format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z"
+        timezone = "Europe/Berlin"
+}
+
+load {
+        format = "Load: %5min"
+}
+
+cpu_temperature 0 {
+        format = "T: %degrees °C"
+        path = "/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon2/temp1_input"
+}
+
+disk "/" {
+        format = "%free"
+}
diff --git a/dotfiles/config/i3/config b/dotfiles/config/i3/config
index db83d7c..72400d0 100644
--- a/dotfiles/config/i3/config
+++ b/dotfiles/config/i3/config
@@ -152,6 +152,14 @@ bindsym $mod+r mode "resize"
 # Start i3bar to display a workspace bar (plus the system information i3status
 # finds out, if available)
 bar {
-        status_command i3status
+    colors {
+       background #070d1a
+       statusline #a5d1ed
+       separator  #87c2ea
+    }
+
+        status_command i3status -c ~/.config/i3/.i3status.conf
         tray_output primary
 }
+
+#exec --no-startup-id nm-applet
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/sysinstall/install_packages.sh b/scripts/sysinstall/install_packages.sh
index b2fcb74..dd66d3d 100755
--- a/scripts/sysinstall/install_packages.sh
+++ b/scripts/sysinstall/install_packages.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ sudo pacman-key --lsign-key 962DDE58
 packages=("wget", "emacs", "gvim", "openssh", "steam", "zsh", "zsh-completions", "tmux",
 	        "xf86-video-fbdev", "xf86-video-intel", "xf86-video-vesa", "alsa-utils", "xorg",
           "xorg-xinit", "dmenu", "ttf-inconsolata", "i3", "google-chrome", "clojure", "leiningen",
-	        "xclip", "playerctl", "infinality-bundle", "lieningen-completions", "npm", "conky", "feh") 
+	        "xclip", "playerctl", "infinality-bundle", "lieningen-completions", "npm", "conky", "feh", "networkmanager") 
 
 # Reload the font cache
 fc-cache -fv