diff --git a/dwmblocks.c b/dwmblocks.c
index 88bdfb0..7bd14df 100644
--- a/dwmblocks.c
+++ b/dwmblocks.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned int signal;
 } Block;
 void sighandler(int num);
+void buttonhandler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ucontext);
 void replace(char *str, char old, char new);
 void getcmds(int time);
 #ifndef __OpenBSD__
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ static int screen;
 static Window root;
 static char statusbar[LENGTH(blocks)][CMDLENGTH] = {0};
 static char statusstr[2][256];
+static char exportstring[CMDLENGTH + 16] = "export BUTTON=-;";
+static int button = 0;
 static int statusContinue = 1;
 static void (*writestatus) () = setroot;

@@ -48,16 +51,34 @@ void replace(char *str, char old, char new)
 //opens process *cmd and stores output in *output
 void getcmd(const Block *block, char *output)
 {
+	if (block->signal)
+	{
+		output[0] = block->signal;
+		output++;
+	}
 	strcpy(output, block->icon);
-	char *cmd = block->command;
-	FILE *cmdf = popen(cmd,"r");
+	char* cmd;
+	FILE *cmdf;
+	if (button)
+	{
+		cmd = strcat(exportstring, block->command);
+		cmd[14] = '0' + button;
+		button = 0;
+		cmdf = popen(cmd,"r");
+		cmd[16] = '\0';
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		cmd = block->command;
+		cmdf = popen(cmd,"r");
+	}
 	if (!cmdf)
 		return;
 	char c;
 	int i = strlen(block->icon);
 	fgets(output+i, CMDLENGTH-i, cmdf);
 	i = strlen(output);
-	if (delim != '\0' && --i)
+	if (delim != '\0' && i)
 		output[i++] = delim;
 	output[i++] = '\0';
 	pclose(cmdf);
@@ -88,11 +106,18 @@ void getsigcmds(int signal)

 void setupsignals()
 {
+	struct sigaction sa;
 	for(int i = 0; i < LENGTH(blocks); i++)
 	{
 		if (blocks[i].signal > 0)
+		{
 			signal(SIGRTMIN+blocks[i].signal, sighandler);
+			sigaddset(&sa.sa_mask, SIGRTMIN+blocks[i].signal);
+		}
 	}
+	sa.sa_sigaction = buttonhandler;
+	sa.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO;
+	sigaction(SIGUSR1, &sa, NULL);

 }
 #endif
@@ -152,6 +177,14 @@ void sighandler(int signum)
 	getsigcmds(signum-SIGRTMIN);
 	writestatus();
 }
+
+void buttonhandler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ucontext)
+{
+	button = si->si_value.sival_int & 0xff;
+	getsigcmds(si->si_value.sival_int >> 8);
+	writestatus();
+}
+
 #endif

 void termhandler(int signum)