diff --git a/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py b/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py
index 4fd0cd8..43ff18b 100644
--- a/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py
+++ b/bumblebee/modules/pacman.py
@@ -12,53 +12,49 @@ import bumblebee.input
 import bumblebee.output
 import bumblebee.engine
 
+#list of repositories the last one sould always be other
+repos = ["community", "core", "extra", "other"]
+
 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
+
+                count = len(repos)*[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 = "?/?/?/?"
+                        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)):
+                    widgets[0].set(repos[i], count[i])
+
+            except BaseException as a:
+                raise a
  
         # 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:
+        sumUpdates = sum(map(lambda x: widget.get(x,0), repos))
+        if sumUpdates > 0:
             return "critical"
 
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