diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a7f1a30..0cd705e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ modules.order
 Module.symvers
 Mkfile.old
 dkms.conf
+
+# Patch file for NixOS
+custom_someblocks.patch
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f0c027b..00243ad 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,14 +2,19 @@ PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 MANPREFIX ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
 CC ?= cc
 
+DEVCFLAGS = -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-unused-parameter -Wshadow -Wunused-macros\
+	-Werror=strict-prototypes -Werror=implicit -Werror=return-type -Werror=incompatible-pointer-types -Wfloat-conversion\
+	-Ofast -flto
+
 output: someblocks.c blocks.def.h blocks.h
-	${CC}  someblocks.c $(LDFLAGS) -o someblocks
+	${CC}  someblocks.c $(LDFLAGS) $(DEVCFLAGS) -o someblocks
+	strip someblocks
 blocks.h:
 	cp blocks.def.h $@
 
 
 clean:
-	rm -f *.o *.gch someblocks
+	rm -f *.o *.gch someblocks blocks.h
 install: output
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin
 	install -m 0755 someblocks $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/someblocks
diff --git a/blocks.def.h b/blocks.def.h
index 7df3a64..b620421 100644
--- a/blocks.def.h
+++ b/blocks.def.h
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-//Modify this file to change what commands output to your statusbar, and recompile using the make command.
 static const Block blocks[] = {
-	/*Icon*/	/*Command*/		/*Update Interval*/	/*Update Signal*/
-	{"Mem:", "free -h | awk '/^Mem/ { print $3\"/\"$2 }' | sed s/i//g",	30,		0},
-
-	{"", "date '+%b %d (%a) %I:%M%p'",					5,		0},
-	
-	/* Updates whenever "pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 someblocks" is ran */
-	/* {"", "date '+%b %d (%a) %I:%M%p'",					0,		10}, */
+ /*Icon*/ /*Command*/ /*Update Interval*/ /*Update Signal*/
+ {"󱄠 ", "pamixer --get-volume-human",                 1, 0},
+ {"󰍛 ", "free -h | awk '/^Mem/ { print $3\"/\"$2 }'", 1, 0},
+ {"󰥔 ", "date -Is",                                   1, 0},
+ /* Updates whenever "pkill -SIGRTMIN+10 someblocks" is ran */
+ /* {"", "date '+%b %d (%a) %I:%M%p'", 0, 10}, */
 };
 
-
-
 //sets delimeter between status commands. NULL character ('\0') means no delimeter.
 static char delim[] = " | ";
 static unsigned int delimLen = 5;
diff --git a/generate_patch.sh b/generate_patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9c02db9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/generate_patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+git diff 540a90e521e7c17c2010e038b934b73d2cf46df3 > custom_someblocks.patch
diff --git a/someblocks.c b/someblocks.c
index f149896..4b3701b 100644
--- a/someblocks.c
+++ b/someblocks.c
@@ -30,33 +30,36 @@ void dummysighandler(int num);
 void sighandler(int num);
 void getcmds(int time);
 void getsigcmds(unsigned int signal);
-void setupsignals();
+void setupsignals(void);
 void sighandler(int signum);
 int getstatus(char *str, char *last);
-void statusloop();
-void termhandler();
-void pstdout();
-void psomebar();
-static void (*writestatus) () = psomebar;
+void statusloop(void);
+void termhandler(int sig);
+void pstdout(void);
+void psomebar(void);
+static void (*writestatus) (void) = psomebar;
 
 #include "blocks.h"
 
 static char statusbar[LENGTH(blocks)][CMDLENGTH] = {0};
 static char statusstr[2][STATUSLENGTH];
 static int statusContinue = 1;
-static int returnStatus = 0;
 static char somebarPath[128];
 static int somebarFd = -1;
 
 //opens process *cmd and stores output in *output
 void getcmd(const Block *block, char *output)
 {
+	FILE *cmdf;
+	int i;
 	strcpy(output, block->icon);
-	FILE *cmdf = popen(block->command, "r");
+	cmdf = popen(block->command, "r");
 	if (!cmdf)
 		return;
-	int i = strlen(block->icon);
-	fgets(output+i, CMDLENGTH-i-delimLen, cmdf);
+	i = strlen(block->icon);
+	if (fgets(output+i, CMDLENGTH-i-delimLen, cmdf) != (output+i)) {
+		exit(1);
+	}
 	i = strlen(output);
 	if (i == 0) {
 		//return if block and command output are both empty
@@ -152,15 +155,16 @@ void psomebar()
 
 void statusloop()
 {
+	int i; 
 	setupsignals();
-	int i = 0;
+	i = 0;
 	getcmds(-1);
 	while (1) {
 		getcmds(i++);
 		writestatus();
 		if (!statusContinue)
 			break;
-		sleep(1.0);
+		sleep(1);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -178,12 +182,12 @@ void sighandler(int signum)
 	writestatus();
 }
 
-void termhandler()
+void termhandler(int sig)
 {
 	statusContinue = 0;
 }
 
-void sigpipehandler()
+void sigpipehandler(int sig)
 {
 	close(somebarFd);
 	somebarFd = -1;