diff --git a/bibtex/.local/bin/rofi-bib-due b/bibtex/.local/bin/rofi-bib-due
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a76760e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bibtex/.local/bin/rofi-bib-due
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+exist rofi normal
+
+_rofi() {
+  rofi -dmenu -no-auto-select -i "$@"
+}
+
+bib=${1:-$BIBFILE}
+
+# call for whatever file is passed in
+results="$(bib-due "$1")"
+
+# mark priority 1 items as urgent in rofi
+urgent="$(
+  # find all lines with priority 1, (marked as `(1):` );
+  # print them on 1 line, -1 since dmenu is 0 indexed
+  echo "$results" | grep -n '(1):' | cut -d: -f1 | awk '{ $0=$0-1; print $0 }' ORS=','
+)"
+
+# get user choice, exit if nothing selected
+choice=$(echo "$results" | _rofi -u "$urgent" -columns 1)
+[ -z "$choice" ] && exit 0
+
+key=$(echo "$choice" | sed -E 's/.*\((\w+)\)$/\1/')
+
+# get library pdf folder (only searches for default ./pdf path)
+library="$(dirname "$(realpath "$bib")")/pdf"
+
+# find and open the key-associated pdf file
+${FILEREADER:-xdg-open} "$(find "$library" -type f -name "$key *.pdf")"
diff --git a/polybar/.config/polybar/config b/polybar/.config/polybar/config
index b454fc4..6164c24 100644
--- a/polybar/.config/polybar/config
+++ b/polybar/.config/polybar/config
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ click-right = kill -USR2 %pid%
 ; display information on remaining papers to read for the upcoming week
 [module/papersdue]
 type = custom/script
-exec = bib-due $BIBFILE | wc -l
+exec = bib-due | wc -l
 exec-if = type bib-due
-click-left = tdrop -w "15%" -h $(echo "$(bib-due $BIBFILE | wc -l) * 25" | bc ) -x "45%" -y "15" -ma alacritty -e watch -t bib-due $BIBFILE
+click-left = exist rofi-bib-due normal && rofi-bib-due
 format-foreground = ${colors.primary}
 format-prefix = ""
 interval = 120