diff --git a/bin/polybar b/bin/polybar
index d0d3014..54826f0 100755
--- a/bin/polybar
+++ b/bin/polybar
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 export DPI=$(xrdb -query | sed -nE 's/^Xft\.dpi:\s*//p')
 export HEIGHT=$((18 * DPI / 96))
 
-MONITORS=$(polybar --list-monitors | sed -nE 's/([^ ]+): .*/\1/p' | tr '\n' ' ')
-PRIMARY=$(polybar --list-monitors | grep -F '(primary)' | sed -nE 's/([^ ]+): .*/\1/p')
+MONITORS=$(xrandr --current --listactivemonitors | sed -nE 's/ *([0-9]+): [+*]*([^ ]*).*/\2/p' | tr '\n' ' ')
+PRIMARY=$(xrandr --current --listactivemonitors | sed -nE 's/ *([0-9]+): [+]?[*]([^ ]*).*/\2/p')
 NMONITORS=$(echo $MONITORS | wc -w)
 PRIMARY=${PRIMARY:-${MONITORS%% *}}