diff --git a/bin/pacman-updates b/bin/pacman-updates
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..baf0b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/pacman-updates
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+if ! type -P fakeroot >/dev/null; then
+	error 'Cannot find the fakeroot binary.'
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $CHECKUPDATES_DB ]]; then
+	CHECKUPDATES_DB="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/checkup-db-${USER}/"
+fi
+
+trap 'rm -f $CHECKUPDATES_DB/db.lck' INT TERM EXIT
+
+DBPath="${DBPath:-/var/lib/pacman/}"
+eval $(awk -F' *= *' '$1 ~ /DBPath/ { print $1 "=" $2 }' /etc/pacman.conf)
+
+mkdir -p "$CHECKUPDATES_DB"
+ln -s "${DBPath}/local" "$CHECKUPDATES_DB" &> /dev/null
+fakeroot -- pacman -Sy --dbpath "$CHECKUPDATES_DB" --logfile /dev/null &> /dev/null
+fakeroot pacman -Su -p --dbpath "$CHECKUPDATES_DB"
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/modules/contrib/pacman.py b/modules/contrib/pacman.py
index a252942..10c22c8 100644
--- a/modules/contrib/pacman.py
+++ b/modules/contrib/pacman.py
@@ -13,23 +13,22 @@ Requires the following executables:
 import os
 import threading
 
-import bumblebee.util
-import bumblebee.input
-import bumblebee.output
-import bumblebee.engine
+import core.module
+import core.widget
+import core.decorators
+
+import util.cli
+import util.format
 
 #list of repositories.
 #the last one should always be other
 repos = ['core', 'extra', 'community', 'multilib', 'testing', 'other']
 
 def get_pacman_info(widget, path):
-    try:
-        cmd = '{}/../../bin/pacman-updates'.format(path)
-        if not os.path.exists(cmd):
-            cmd = '/usr/share/bumblebee-status/bin/pacman-update'
-        result = bumblebee.util.execute(cmd)
-    except:
-        pass
+    cmd = '{}/../../bin/pacman-updates'.format(path)
+    if not os.path.exists(cmd):
+        cmd = '/usr/share/bumblebee-status/bin/pacman-update'
+    result = util.cli.execute(cmd, ignore_errors=True)
 
     count = len(repos)*[0]
 
@@ -44,29 +43,22 @@ def get_pacman_info(widget, path):
 
     for i in range(len(repos)):
         widget.set(repos[i], count[i])
+    core.event.trigger('update', [ widget.module().id ], redraw_only=True)
 
-
-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
+class Module(core.module.Module):
+    @core.decorators.every(minutes=30)
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        super().__init__(config, core.widget.Widget(self.updates))
 
     def updates(self, widget):
-        if bumblebee.util.asbool(self.parameter('sum')):
+        if util.format.asbool(self.parameter('sum')):
             return str(sum(map(lambda x: widget.get(x, 0), repos)))
         return '/'.join(map(lambda x: str(widget.get(x, 0)), repos))
 
-    def update(self, widgets):
+    def update(self):
         path = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-        if self._count == 0:
-            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
+        thread = threading.Thread(target=get_pacman_info, args=(self.widget(), path))
+        thread.start()
 
     def state(self, widget):
         weightedCount = sum(map(lambda x: (len(repos)-x[0]) * widget.get(x[1], 0), enumerate(repos)))