diff --git a/.config/waybar/config.jsonc b/.config/waybar/config.jsonc
index 1af3117..98f33c2 100644
--- a/.config/waybar/config.jsonc
+++ b/.config/waybar/config.jsonc
@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@
 		"tooltip": true,
 		"format": "{} ",
 		"interval": 60,
-		"exec": "checkupdates | wc -l",
-		"exec-if": "[[ $(checkupdates | wc -l) != 0 ]]",
+		"exec": "$HOME/.config/waybar/scripts/check_updates.sh",
+		"exec-if": "[[ `$HOME/.config/waybar/scripts/check_updates.sh` != 0 ]]",
 		"signal": 1
 	},
 
diff --git a/.config/waybar/scripts/check_updates.sh b/.config/waybar/scripts/check_updates.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..912df7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/waybar/scripts/check_updates.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+
+main() {
+  checkupdates | wc -l
+}
+
+main $@