diff --git a/.config/sway/i3status-wrapper b/.config/sway/i3status-wrapper
index 488b4dd..1f2de5c 100755
--- a/.config/sway/i3status-wrapper
+++ b/.config/sway/i3status-wrapper
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ i3status | while true; do
 	if test -z "$json_array"; then
 		echo "$line"
 	else 
-		zeit_obj='{"name":"zeit","instance":"zeit","color":"#FF0000","markup":"none","full_text":"'$(zeit tracking --no-colors)'"}'
+		zeit="$(zeit tracking --no-colors)"
+		if echo "$zeit" | grep -F tracking >/dev/null; then
+			color="#FF0000"
+		else
+			color="#000000"
+		fi
+		zeit_obj='{"name":"zeit","instance":"zeit","color":"'$color'","markup":"none","full_text":"'$zeit'"}'
 		json_array="$(echo $json_array | jq ". |= [$zeit_obj] + .")"
 		echo "$json_array,"
 	fi