diff --git a/spotify-widget/spotify.lua b/spotify-widget/spotify.lua
index f9ffa02..a3f72f0 100644
--- a/spotify-widget/spotify.lua
+++ b/spotify-widget/spotify.lua
@@ -2,33 +2,63 @@ local wibox = require("wibox")
 local awful = require("awful")
 local watch = require("awful.widget.watch")
 
-spotify_widget = wibox.widget.textbox()
-spotify_widget:set_font('Play 9')
+local get_spotify_status_cmd = '/home/'.. os.getenv("USER") .. '/.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets/spotify-widget/spotify_stat'
+local get_current_song_cmd = 'sp current-oneline'
 
--- optional icon, could be replaced by spotfiy logo (https://developer.spotify.com/design/)
-spotify_icon = wibox.widget.imagebox()
-spotify_icon:set_image("/usr/share/icons/Arc/devices/22/audio-headphones.png")
-
-watch(
-    "sp current-oneline", 1,
-    function(widget, stdout, _, _, _)
-        if string.find(stdout, 'Error: Spotify is not running.') ~= nil then
-            widget:set_text("")
-        else
-            widget:set_text(stdout)
-        end
+spotify_widget = wibox.widget {
+    {
+        id = "icon",
+        widget = wibox.widget.imagebox,
+    },
+    {
+        id = 'current_song',
+        widget = wibox.widget.textbox,
+        font = 'Play 9'
+    },
+    layout  = wibox.layout.align.horizontal,
+    set_image = function(self, path)
+        self.icon.image = path
     end,
-    spotify_widget
-)
+    set_text = function(self, path)
+        self.current_song.text = path
+    end,
+}
+
+local update_widget_icon = function(widget, stdout, _, _, _)
+    stdout = string.gsub(stdout, "\n", "")
+    if (stdout == 'RUNNING') then
+        widget:set_image("/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/24/player_play.png")
+    elseif (stdout == "CORKED") then
+        widget:set_image("/usr/share/icons/Arc/actions/24/player_pause.png")
+    else
+        widget:set_image(nil)
+    end
+end
+
+local update_widget_text = function(widget, stdout, _, _, _)
+    if string.find(stdout, 'Error: Spotify is not running.') ~= nil then
+        widget:set_text('')
+        widget:set_visible(false)
+    else
+        widget:set_text(stdout)
+        widget:set_visible(true)
+    end
+end
+
+watch(get_spotify_status_cmd, 1, update_widget_icon, spotify_widget)
+watch(get_current_song_cmd, 1, update_widget_text, spotify_widget)
 
 --[[
 -- Adds mouse control to the widget:
 --  - left click - play/pause
 --  - scroll up - play next song
 --  - scroll down - play previous song ]]
-spotify_widget:connect_signal("button::press", function(_,_,_,button)
-    if (button == 1) then awful.spawn("sp play", false)
-    elseif (button == 4) then awful.spawn("sp next", false)
-    elseif (button == 5) then awful.spawn("sp prev", false)
+spotify_widget:connect_signal("button::press", function(_, _, _, button)
+    if (button == 1) then awful.spawn("sp play", false)      -- left click
+    elseif (button == 4) then awful.spawn("sp next", false)  -- scroll up
+    elseif (button == 5) then awful.spawn("sp prev", false)  -- scroll down
     end
+    awful.spawn.easy_async(get_spotify_status_cmd, function(stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
+        update_widget_icon(spotify_widget, stdout, stderr, exitreason, exitcode)
+    end)
 end)
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diff --git a/volume-widget/README.md b/volume-widget/README.md
index 7e68300..19946a2 100644
--- a/volume-widget/README.md
+++ b/volume-widget/README.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
 		volume_widget,
 		...      
 ```
+
 - _Optional step._ In Arc icon theme the muted audio level icon (![Volume-widget](./audio-volume-muted-symbolic.png)) looks like 0 level icon, which could be a bit misleading.
  So I decided to use original muted icon for low audio level, and the same icon, but colored in red for muted audio level. Fortunately icons are in svg format, so you can easily recolor them with `sed`, so it would look like this (![Volume Widget](./audio-volume-muted-symbolic_red.png)):