diff --git a/bin/polybar b/bin/polybar
index 647a692..95d335f 100755
--- a/bin/polybar
+++ b/bin/polybar
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 export DPI=$(xrdb -query | sed -nE 's/^Xft\.dpi:\s*//p')
 export HEIGHT=$((20 * DPI / 96))
 
-MONITORS=$(xrandr --current | awk '($0 ~ / connected / && $0 ~ / [0-9]+x[0-9]+\+/) {print $1}')
-PRIMARY=$(xrandr --current | awk '($0 ~ / connected primary / && $0 ~ / [0-9]+x[0-9]+\+/) {print $1; exit}')
+MONITORS=$(xrandr --current --listactivemonitors | sed -nE 's/ *([0-9]+): [+*]*([^ ]*).*/\2/p')
+PRIMARY=$(xrandr --current --listactivemonitors | sed -nE 's/ *([0-9]+): [+]?[*]([^ ]*).*/\2/p')
 PRIMARY=${PRIMARY:-${MONITORS%% *}}
 
 case $(echo $MONITORS | wc -w) in