diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py b/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py
index 4fd0cd8..a7780a8 100644
--- a/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py
+++ b/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py
@@ -8,57 +8,63 @@ Requires the following executables:
 """
 
 import os
+import threading
+
 import bumblebee.input
 import bumblebee.output
 import bumblebee.engine
 
+#list of repositories.
+#the last one sould always be other
+repos = ["core", "extra", "community", "multilib", "testing", "other"]
+
+def get_pacman_info(widget, path):
+    try:
+        result = bumblebee.util.execute("{}/../../bin/pacman-updates".format(path))
+    except:
+        pass
+
+    count = len(repos)*[0]
+
+    for line in result.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith(("http", "rsync")):
+            for i in range(len(repos)-1):
+                if "/" + repos[i] + "/" in line:
+                    count[i] += 1
+                    break
+            else:
+                result[-1] += 1
+
+    for i in range(len(repos)):
+        widget.set(repos[i], count[i])
+
+
 class Module(bumblebee.engine.Module):
     def __init__(self, engine, config):
         super(Module, self).__init__(engine, config,
             bumblebee.output.Widget(full_text=self.updates)
         )
         self._count = 0
-        self._out = ""
 
     def updates(self, widget):
-        return self._out
+        return '/'.join(map(lambda x: str(widget.get(x,0)), repos))
 
     def update(self, widgets):
         path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
         if self._count == 0:
-            self._out = "?/?/?/?"
-            try:
-                result = bumblebee.util.execute("{}/../../bin/pacman-updates".format(path))
-                self._community = 0
-                self._core = 0
-                self._extra = 0
-                self._other = 0
-
-                for line in result.splitlines():
-                    if line.startswith("http"):
-                        if "community" in line:
-                            self._community += 1
-                            continue
-                        if "core" in line:
-                            self._core += 1;
-                            continue
-                        if "extra" in line:
-                            self._extra += 1
-                            continue
-                        self._other += 1
-                self._out = str(self._core)+"/"+str(self._extra)+"/"+str(self._community)+"/"+str(self._other)
-            except RuntimeError:
-                self._out = "?/?/?/?"
+            thread = threading.Thread(target=get_pacman_info, args=(widgets[0],path))
+            thread.start()
  
         # TODO: improve this waiting mechanism a bit
         self._count += 1
         self._count = 0 if self._count > 300 else self._count
 
-    def sumUpdates(self):
-        return self._core + self._community + self._extra + self._other 
-    
     def state(self, widget):
-        if self.sumUpdates() > 0:
-            return "critical"
+        weightedCount = sum(map(lambda x: (len(repos)-x[0]) * widget.get(x[1],0), enumerate(repos)))
+
+        if weightedCount < 10:
+            return "good"
+
+        return self.threshold_state(weightedCount, 100, 150)
 
 # vim: tabstop=8 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
diff --git a/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json b/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
index 8d6610c..69dd60f 100644
--- a/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
+++ b/themes/icons/awesome-fonts.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	"cpu": { "prefix": "" },
 	"disk": { "prefix": "" },
 	"dnf": { "prefix": "" },
+	"pacman": { "prefix": "" },
 	"brightness": { "prefix": "" },
 	"load": { "prefix": "" },
 	"layout": { "prefix": "" },
diff --git a/themes/solarized-powerline.json b/themes/solarized-powerline.json
index cb9049b..e1fbe1d 100644
--- a/themes/solarized-powerline.json
+++ b/themes/solarized-powerline.json
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@
 			"bg": "#859900"
 		}
 	},
+	"pacman": {
+		"good": {
+			"fg": "#002b36",
+			"bg": "#859900"
+		}
+	},
 	"battery": {
 		"charged": {
 			"fg": "#002b36",