diff --git a/scripts/checksystemupdates.sh b/scripts/checksystemupdates.sh
index 4faa971..477dbd0 100755
--- a/scripts/checksystemupdates.sh
+++ b/scripts/checksystemupdates.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ fi
 
 updates=$(("$updates_arch" + "$updates_aur"))
 
-if [[ $updates = 0 ]]; then
-  printf '{"text": "%s", "alt": "updated", "tooltip": "%s Updates", "class": "green", "percentage": "100"}' "$updates" "$updates"
+if [[ $updates -gt 50 ]]; then
+  printf '{"text": "%s", "alt": "require-updates", "tooltip": "%s Updates", "class": "red"}' "$updates" "$updates"
+elif [[ $updates -gt 0 ]]; then
+  printf '{"text": "$s", "alt": "has-updates", "tooltip": "%s Updates", "class": "yellow"}' "$updates" "$updates"
 else
-  printf '{"text": "$s", "alt": "has-updates", "tooltip": "%s Updates", "class": "green", "percentage": "0"}' "$updates" "$updates"
+  printf '{"text": "%s", "alt": "updated", "tooltip": "%s Updates", "class": "green"}' "$updates" "$updates"
 fi
diff --git a/waybar/modules.json b/waybar/modules.json
index 92eda93..f499616 100644
--- a/waybar/modules.json
+++ b/waybar/modules.json
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
     "custom/updates": {
         "format": "{icon}",
         "format-icons": {
+            "require-updates": "󰻍",
             "has-updates": "󰻍",
             "updated": "󰳈"},
         "tooltip-format": "{}",
diff --git a/waybar/themes/cantina/style.css b/waybar/themes/cantina/style.css
index 711bc42..457d299 100644
--- a/waybar/themes/cantina/style.css
+++ b/waybar/themes/cantina/style.css
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ window#waybar.empty #window {
     color: @iconcolor;
 }
 
+#custom-updates.yellow {
+    color: yellow;
+}
+
+#custom-updates.red {
+    color: red;
+}
+
 #tray {
     background-color: #2980b9;
 }