diff --git a/dwm-start.sh b/dwm-start.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+# Script to start dwm in loop
+
+while true; do
+		$HOME/bin/dwmstatus
+    	sleep 2
+done &
+
+while true; do
+	dwm >/dev/null
+	# to log stderrors to a file 
+	# dwm 2> ~/Build/dwm/dwm.log
+done 
diff --git a/dwmstatus.sh b/dwmstatus.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# status script for dwm
+# influenced by:
+# https://bitbucket.org/jasonwryan/shiv/Scripts/dwm-status
+# https://github.com/w0ng/bin/blob/master/dwm-statusbar
+########################
+## eric@ewpt3ch.com ####
+## dwmstatus ###########
+########################
+# colors:
+
+dte(){
+  dte="$(date "+%I:%M")"
+  echo -e "\x02$dte\x01"
+}
+
+# Pipe to statusbar
+xsetroot -name "$(dte) "