diff --git a/.local/bin/dwmbar b/.local/bin/dwmbar
index 501ae6a..3f4a0ba 100755
--- a/.local/bin/dwmbar
+++ b/.local/bin/dwmbar
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # This script sets the statusbar with the xsetroot command at the end. Have it
 # started by ~/.xinitrc or ~/.xprofile.
 
+# Handle SIGTRAP signals sent by refbar to update the status bar immediately.
+trap 'update' 5
+
 # Set the deliminter character.
 delim="|"
 
@@ -66,20 +69,28 @@ status() { \
 	date '+%Y %b %d (%a) %I:%M%p'
 	}
 
-while :; do
+update() { \
 	# So all that big status function was just a command that quicking gets
 	# what we want to be the statusbar. This xsetroot command is what sets
 	# it. Note that the tr command replaces newlines with spaces. This is
 	# to prevent some weird issues that cause significant slowing of
 	# everything in dwm. Note entirely sure of the cause, but again, the tr
 	# command easily avoids it.
-	xsetroot -name "$(status | tr '\n' ' ')"
+	xsetroot -name "$(status | tr '\n' ' ')" &
+    wait
 
 	# Check to see if new weather report is needed.
 	testweather &
+    wait
+    }
 
+
+while :; do
+    update
 	# Sleep for a minute after changing the status bar before updating it
-	# again. Note that the `refbar` "refreshes" the statusbar by killing
-	# this command. Feel free to change the time interval if you want.
-	sleep 1m
+	# again. We run sleep in the background and use wait until it finishes,
+    # because traps can interrupt wait immediately, but they can't do that
+    # with sleep.
+	sleep 1m &
+    wait
 done
diff --git a/.local/bin/refbar b/.local/bin/refbar
index 671c450..78b5018 100755
--- a/.local/bin/refbar
+++ b/.local/bin/refbar
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Refresh the dwmbar.
-# Right now, now this is done is by killing the sleep in the bar script.
-
-kill "$(pstree -lp | grep -- -dwmbar\([0-9] | sed "s/.*sleep(\([0-9]\+\)).*/\1/")"
+# Send SIGTRAP signal to dwmbar script, which will handle it with a trap.
+pkill -SIGTRAP dwmbar