diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/news b/.local/bin/statusbar/news
index 96723ae..56a0939 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/news
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/news
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-num=$( cat /tmp/newsupdate 2>/dev/null || echo "$(newsboat -x print-unread | awk '{ print $1}' | sed s/^0$//g)$(cat ~/.config/newsboat/.update 2>/dev/null)")
-[ "$num" = "" ] || printf "📰%s" "$num"
-printf '\n'
+num="$(newsboat -x print-unread | cut -f1 -d ' ' )"
+if  ! pgrep newsboat > /dev/null ; then
+	[ "$num" = "" ] || printf "📰%s" "$num"
+	printf '\n'
+fi