diff --git a/.config/i3/config b/.config/i3/config
index 81907c0..7ce8ded 100644
--- a/.config/i3/config
+++ b/.config/i3/config
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@
 # Please see https://i3wm.org/docs/userguide.html for a complete reference!
 
 set $mod Mod4
+set $font "pango:Fira Code 8"
 
 # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font
 # is used in the bar {} block below.
 #font pango:monospace 8
-font Fira Code 8
+font $font 
 
 # This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left
 # text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango).
@@ -168,7 +169,13 @@ 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
+        font $font
+	position bottom
+	colors {
+		background #232323
+		statusline #DCDCDC
+	}
+	status_command i3status
 }
 
 bindsym $mod+Ctrl+l exec i3lock