diff --git a/.config/i3blocks/config b/.config/i3blocks/config
index 6fc845f..56818ce 100644
--- a/.config/i3blocks/config
+++ b/.config/i3blocks/config
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ interval=30
 #
 # This displays "ARTIST - SONG" if a music is playing.
 # Supported players are: spotify, vlc, audacious, xmms2, mplayer, and others.
-[mediaplayer]
+[playerctl]
 command=~/.config/i3blocks/$BLOCK_NAME
 #instance=spoti
 interval=5
diff --git a/.config/i3blocks/mediaplayer b/.config/i3blocks/mediaplayer
deleted file mode 100755
index a2792e6..0000000
--- a/.config/i3blocks/mediaplayer
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl
-# Copyright (C) 2014 Tony Crisci <tony@dubstepdish.com>
-
-# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-# (at your option) any later version.
-
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-# Requires playerctl binary to be in your path (except cmus)
-# See: https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl
-
-# Set instance=NAME in the i3blocks configuration to specify a music player
-# (playerctl will attempt to connect to org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.[NAME] on your
-# DBus session).
-
-use Env qw(BLOCK_INSTANCE);
-
-my @metadata = ();
-my $player_arg = "";
-
-if ($BLOCK_INSTANCE) {
-    $player_arg = "--player='$BLOCK_INSTANCE'";
-}
-
-if ($ENV{'BLOCK_BUTTON'} == 1) {
-    system("playerctl $player_arg previous");
-} elsif ($ENV{'BLOCK_BUTTON'} == 2) {
-    system("playerctl $player_arg play-pause");
-} elsif ($ENV{'BLOCK_BUTTON'} == 3) {
-    system("playerctl $player_arg next");
-}
-
-if ($player_arg eq '' or $player_arg =~ /cmus$/) {
-    # try cmus first
-    my @cmus = split /^/, qx(cmus-remote -Q);
-    if ($? == 0) {
-        foreach my $line (@cmus) {
-            my @data = split /\s/, $line;
-            if (shift @data eq 'tag') {
-                my $key = shift @data;
-                my $value = join ' ', @data;
-
-                @metadata[0] = $value if $key eq 'artist';
-                @metadata[1] = $value if $key eq 'title';
-            }
-        }
-
-        if (@metadata) {
-            # metadata found so we are done
-            print(join ' - ', @metadata);
-            exit 0;
-        }
-    }
-
-    # if cmus was given, we are done
-    exit 0 unless $player_arg eq '';
-}
-
-my $artist = qx(playerctl $player_arg metadata artist);
-chomp $artist;
-# exit status will be nonzero when playerctl cannot find your player
-exit(0) if $?;
-push(@metadata, $artist) if $artist;
-
-my $title = qx(playerctl $player_arg metadata title);
-chomp $title;
-exit(0) if $?;
-push(@metadata, $title) if $title;
-
-print(join(" - ", @metadata)) if @metadata;
diff --git a/.config/i3blocks/playerctl b/.config/i3blocks/playerctl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..ec46b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/i3blocks/playerctl
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Based on https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/playerctl/
+
+INSTANCE="${BLOCK_INSTANCE}"
+
+if [[ "${INSTANCE}" != "" ]]; then
+  ARGUMENTS="--player ${INSTANCE}"
+fi
+
+ICON_PLAY="➤"
+ICON_PAUSE="Ⅱ"
+ICON_STOP="[]"
+CUR_ICON=""
+
+if [[ "${BLOCK_BUTTON}" -eq 1 ]]; then
+    $(playerctl ${ARGUMENTS} previous 2>/dev/null)
+elif [[ "${BLOCK_BUTTON}" -eq 2 ]]; then
+    $(playerctl ${ARGUMENTS} play-pause 2>/dev/null)
+elif [[ "${BLOCK_BUTTON}" -eq 3 ]]; then
+    $(playerctl ${ARGUMENTS} next 2>/dev/null)
+fi
+
+PLAYER_STATUS=$(playerctl ${ARGUMENTS} status 2>/dev/null)
+INFO_TITLE=$(playerctl ${ARGUMENTS} metadata title 2>/dev/null)
+INFO_ALBUM=$(playerctl ${ARGUMENTS} metadata album 2>/dev/null)
+INFO_ARTIST=$(playerctl ${ARGUMENTS} metadata artist 2>/dev/null)
+
+if [[ "${PLAYER_STATUS}" = "Paused" ]]; then
+  CUR_ICON="${ICON_PAUSE}"
+elif [[ "${PLAYER_STATUS}" = "Playing" ]]; then
+  CUR_ICON="${ICON_PLAY}"
+else
+  CUR_ICON="${ICON_STOP}"
+fi
+
+if [[ "${INFO_TITLE}" != "" ]] && [[ "${INFO_ARTIST}" != "" ]]; then
+  echo "${INFO_ARTIST} - ${INFO_TITLE} ${CUR_ICON}"
+  echo "${INFO_ARTIST} - ${INFO_TITLE} ${CUR_ICON}"
+fi