diff --git a/bin/mb-status b/bin/mb-status
index 9d300b1..77c71a1 100755
--- a/bin/mb-status
+++ b/bin/mb-status
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fi
 
 REPO=$(wc -l $UPDATES_LIST | awk '{print $1}')
 AUR=$(wc -l $AUR_UPDATES_LIST | awk '{print $1}')
-updates=$((REPO + AUR))
+upkgs=$((REPO + AUR))
 
 
 left(){
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ else
 out+=("<big></big>   $_INSTALLED: <small>$INSTDATE</small>	$DAGO,mcc")
 fi
 
-if [[ "${updates}" == 0 ]];then
+if [[ "${upkgs}" == 0 ]];then
 out+=("^sep(<span fgcolor='${OK_FGCOLOR}'> ${OK_ICON} </span> <small><i>$_UP_TO_DATE</i></small>)") 
 out+=("<big>󰦛</big>   $_CHECK_NOW,checkupdates.sh -p")
 out+=("^sep()")
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ out+=("^sep()")
     
     fi
 fi
-if [[ "${updates}" != 0 ]];then
-out+=("^sep(<span bgcolor='${WARN_BGCOLOR}' fgcolor='${WARN_FGCOLOR}'> 󰮯  <i>$_PENDING:</i> ${updates} </span>)")
+if [[ "${upkgs}" != 0 ]];then
+out+=("^sep(<span bgcolor='${WARN_BGCOLOR}' fgcolor='${WARN_FGCOLOR}'> 󰮯  <i>$_PENDING:</i> ${upkgs} </span>)")
 out+=("^sep(<span bgcolor='${WARN_BGCOLOR}' fgcolor='${WARN_FGCOLOR}'> repo: ${REPO} AUR: ${AUR} </span>)")
 
 if hash pacman-mirrors 2>/dev/null;then
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ if [[ "${disk_limit}" -gt "0" ]];then
 	done < <(df -h | grep '^/dev' | grep -v 'boot' | grep -v 'loop' | grep -v '/run/media')
 fi
 [[ "${dirty}" == 1 ]] && msg="<span fgcolor='${WARN_BGCOLOR}'> 󰻌 </span>" || msg="<span fgcolor='${OK_FGCOLOR}'> ${OK_ICON} </span>"
-[[ "${updates}" -gt 0 ]] && msg="<span bgcolor='${WARN_BGCOLOR}' fgcolor='${WARN_FGCOLOR}'> 󰮯 <sup><small><b>${updates}</b></small></sup> </span>"
+[[ "${upkgs}" -gt 0 ]] && msg="<span bgcolor='${WARN_BGCOLOR}' fgcolor='${WARN_FGCOLOR}'> 󰮯 <sup><small><b>${upkgs}</b></small></sup> </span>"
 echo "${msg}"
 }