3 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/sway/config/bar.c b/sway/config/bar.c
index 48a632fb..b8695798 100644
--- a/sway/config/bar.c
+++ b/sway/config/bar.c
@@ -99,10 +99,6 @@ struct bar_config *default_bar_config(void) {
         if (!(bar->bindings = create_list())) {
                 goto cleanup;
         }
-        if (!(bar->status_command =
-                        strdup("while date +'%Y-%m-%d %l:%M:%S %p'; do sleep 1; done"))) {
-                goto cleanup;
-        }
         // set default colors
         if (!(bar->colors.background = strndup("#000000ff", 9))) {
                 goto cleanup;
diff --git a/sway/ipc-json.c b/sway/ipc-json.c
index 7c5a0a5d..f02f370b 100644
--- a/sway/ipc-json.c
+++ b/sway/ipc-json.c
@@ -514,8 +514,8 @@ json_object *ipc_json_describe_bar_config(struct bar_config *bar) {
                         json_object_new_string(bar->hidden_state));
         json_object_object_add(json, "position",
                         json_object_new_string(bar->position));
-        json_object_object_add(json, "status_command",
-                        json_object_new_string(bar->status_command));
+        json_object_object_add(json, "status_command", bar->status_command ?
+                        json_object_new_string(bar->status_command) : NULL);
         json_object_object_add(json, "font",
                         json_object_new_string((bar->font) ? bar->font : config->font));
         if (bar->separator_symbol) {
diff --git a/swaybar/bar.c b/swaybar/bar.c
index c86e71b8..3990f1ca 100644
--- a/swaybar/bar.c
+++ b/swaybar/bar.c
@@ -572,8 +572,8 @@ void bar_run(struct swaybar *bar) {
                 add_event(bar->status->read_fd, POLLIN, status_in, bar);
         }
         while (1) {
-                event_loop_poll();
                 wl_display_flush(bar->display);
+                event_loop_poll();
         }
 }