diff --git a/suckless/dwm/dwm.c b/suckless/dwm/dwm.c
index 759ec8a..4612d61 100644
--- a/suckless/dwm/dwm.c
+++ b/suckless/dwm/dwm.c
@@ -782,16 +782,20 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 	int boxw = drw->fonts->h / 6 + 2;
 	unsigned int i, occ = 0, urg = 0;
 	Client *c;
+	w = blw = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol);
+
+	/* clear bar from last draw */
+	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
+	drw_rect(drw, 0, 0, m->ww, bh, lrpad / 2, 1);
 
 	if (!m->showbar)
 		return;
 
 	/* draw status first so it can be overdrawn by tags later */
 	if (m == selmon) { /* status is only drawn on selected monitor */
-		drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-		tw = TEXTW(stext) - lrpad + TEXTW(m->ltsymbol); /* right padding for ltsymbol */
-		drw_text(drw, m->ww-m->ww/3, 0, m->ww/3, bh, 0, "", 0);
-		drw_text(drw, m->ww-tw, 0, m->ww/3, bh, 0, stext, 0);
+		tw = TEXTW(stext) - lrpad + w; /* right padding for the tiling symbol */
+		drw_text(drw, m->ww - tw, 0, tw, bh, 0, stext, 0);
+		drw_text(drw, m->ww - w, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, m->ltsymbol, 0);
 	}
 
 	for (c = m->clients; c; c = c->next) {
@@ -810,18 +814,13 @@ drawbar(Monitor *m)
 				urg & 1 << i);
 		x += w;
 	}
-	w = TEXTW(m->ltsymbol);
 	drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[SchemeNorm]);
-	drw_text(drw, m->ww-w, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, m->ltsymbol, 0);
-    x = drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, "", 0);
+	x = m->ww/3;
 
 	if ((w = m->ww - tw - x) > bh) {
 		if (m->sel) {
 			drw_setscheme(drw, scheme[m == selmon ? SchemeSel : SchemeNorm]);
-            if(m == selmon)
-                drw_text(drw, m->ww/2-m->ww/6, 0, m->ww/3, bh, lrpad / 2, m->sel->name, 0);
-            else
-                drw_text(drw, x, 0, w, bh, lrpad / 2, "", 0);
+			drw_text(drw, x, 0, m->ww/3, bh, lrpad / 2, m->sel->name, 0);
 			if (m->sel->isfloating)
 				drw_rect(drw, x + boxs, boxs, boxw, boxw, m->sel->isfixed, 0);
 		} else {