diff --git a/os/linux/arch/provision.d/optional/ui-packages.bash b/os/linux/arch/provision.d/optional/ui-packages.bash
index 51847e5..1c7b6ae 100755
--- a/os/linux/arch/provision.d/optional/ui-packages.bash
+++ b/os/linux/arch/provision.d/optional/ui-packages.bash
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ paru -Sy --needed \
 	passff-host `# Pass integration in Firefox` \
 	kitty-git `# Terminal Emulator` \
 	wezterm `# Terminal Emulator` \
-	pavucontrol pamixer `# Pulseaudio Controls` \
+	pavucontrol pamixer pactl `# Pulseaudio Controls` \
 	playerctl `# Media Keys Controls` \
 	feh `# Image Viewer and Wallpaper Manager` \
 	hyprland hyprpaper `# Wayland Compositor` \
diff --git a/os/linux/eww/eww.yuck b/os/linux/eww/eww.yuck
index 1267406..685cc13 100644
--- a/os/linux/eww/eww.yuck
+++ b/os/linux/eww/eww.yuck
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     time
     ; TODO: idle inhibitor?
     ; TODO: get these to align properly?
-    (box :class "mic" (box :class {micMuted == "false" ? "muted" : "live"} {micMuted == "false" ? " " : " "}))
+    (box :class "mic" (box :class {micMuted == "false" ? "live" : "muted"} {micMuted == "false" ? " " : " "}))
     {"󰕾 " + volume}
     {" " + cpu}
     {" " + ram}
@@ -40,20 +40,16 @@
 (deflisten music :initial ""
   "playerctl --follow metadata --format '{{ title }} by {{ artist }}' || true")
 
-; convert these to `deflisten`s as well because polling is very silly
-(defpoll volume :interval "1s"
-  "pamixer --get-volume")
+(deflisten volume :initial "0"
+  "pamixer --get-volume; pactl subscribe | grep sink --line-buffered | while read i; do pamixer --get-volume; done")
 
-(defpoll micVolume :interval "10s"
-  "pamixer --default-source --get-volume")
+(deflisten micMuted :initial "false"
+  "pamixer --default-source --get-mute; pactl subscribe | grep source --line-buffered | while read i; do pamixer --default-source --get-mute; done")
 
-(defpoll micMuted :interval "1s"
-  "pamixer --default-source --get-mute")
-
-(defpoll cpu :interval "1s"
+(defpoll cpu :interval "5s"
   "mpstat -o JSON | jq -r '(100 - .sysstat.hosts[0].statistics[0][\"cpu-load\"][0].idle | round | tostring)+\"%\"'")
 
-(defpoll ram :interval "1s"
+(defpoll ram :interval "5s"
   "free | grep Mem | awk '{printf \"%.0f%\", $3/$2 * 100.0}'")
 
 (defpoll time :interval "1s"