diff --git a/modules/abstract.sh b/modules/abstract.sh
index 013c8b9..de8c8c7 100755
--- a/modules/abstract.sh
+++ b/modules/abstract.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
+# click interactions
 [[ "$BLOCK_INSTANCE" =~ "color" ]] && COLORS=True
 [[ "$BLOCK_INSTANCE" =~ "long" || "$BLOCK_BUTTON" == 1 ]] && LONG=True
 
-EXIT=False
+# global variables
 BAR=("▁" "▂" "▃" "▄" "▅" "▆" "▇" "█")
 INTERVAL=$((100 / ${#BAR[@]}))
 COLOR=("#64bc01" "#77a601" "#8a9101" "#9d7b00" "#b06701" "#c45100" "#d63c00" "#e92700")
 BW=("#565656" "#6d6d6d" "#848485" "#9c9c9c" "#b1b1b1" "#c7c7c7" "#dcdcdc" "#f5f5f6")
 
+# get $LOAD, $LONG_TEXT and $SHORT_TEXT
 source $HOME/.config/i3blocks/modules/${1}.sh
 
 # text
diff --git a/modules/ram.sh b/modules/ram.sh
index 8b18b8a..c666192 100644
--- a/modules/ram.sh
+++ b/modules/ram.sh
@@ -1,87 +1,41 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
 [[ "$BLOCK_BUTTON" == 2 ]] && i3-sensible-terminal -e htop
 
-if [[ "$BLOCK_INSTANCE" =~ "ram" ]]; then
-   TYPE='ram'
-elif [[ "$BLOCK_INSTANCE" =~ "swap" ]]; then
-   TYPE='swap'
+[[ $BLOCK_INSTANCE =~ (phys|swap) ]] && TYPE=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+
+MEMINFO=$(cat /proc/meminfo)
+if [[ $MEMINFO =~ MemTotal:[[:space:]]+([0-9]+) ]]; then
+    PHYS_TOTAL=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+    PHYS_TOTAL=$((${PHYS_TOTAL} / 1024**2))
+fi
+if [[ $MEMINFO =~ MemAvailable:[[:space:]]+([0-9]+) ]]; then
+    PHYS_AVAILABLE=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+    PHYS_AVAILABLE=$((${PHYS_AVAILABLE} / 1024**2))
+    PHYS_AVAILABLE_M=$((${PHYS_AVAILABLE} / 1024))
+fi
+if [[ $MEMINFO =~ SwapTotal:[[:space:]]+([0-9]+) ]]; then
+    SWAP_TOTAL=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+    SWAP_TOTAL=$((${SWAP_TOTAL} / 1024**2))
+fi
+if [[ $MEMINFO =~ SwapFree:[[:space:]]+([0-9]+) ]]; then
+    SWAP_AVAILABLE=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+    SWAP_AVAILABLE=$((${SWAP_AVAILABLE} / 1024**2))
+    SWAP_AVAILABLE_M=$((${SWAP_AVAILABLE} / 1024))
 fi
 
-gawk -v TYPE="$TYPE" -v BAR="${BAR[*]}" -v BW="${BW[*]}" -v COLORS="$COLORS" -v COLOR="${COLOR[*]}" -v LONG="$LONG" '
-
-    BEGIN {
-        split(BAR, bar, / /)
-        split(COLOR, color, / /)
-        split(BW, bw, / /)
-        interval = 100 / length(bar)
-    }
-
-    /^MemTotal/ { rtg = $2 / 1024^2 }
-
-    /^MemAvailable/ {
-        rfg = $2 / 1024^2
-	    rfm = $2 / 1024
-    }
-
-    /^SwapTotal/ { stg = $2 / 1024^2 }
-
-    /^SwapFree/ {
-        sfg = $2 / 1024^2
-	    sfm = $2 / 1024
-    }
-
-    END {
-        if (TYPE == "") {
-            mfg = rfg + sfg
-            mfm = rfm + sfm
-            mtg = rtg + stg
-        } else if (TYPE == "ram") {
-            mfg = rfg
-            mfm = rfm
-            mtg = rtg
-        } else if (TYPE == "swap") {
-            mfg = sfg
-            mfm = sfm
-            rtg = stg
-        }
-        load = (mtg - mfg) / mtg * 100
-        if (LONG) {
-            if (TYPE == "") {
-                if (mfg > 2) {
-                    printf("%d+%d G\n", rfg, sfg)
-                    printf("%d+%dG\n", rfg, sfg)
-                } else {
-                    printf("%d+%d M\n", rfm, sfm)
-                    printf("%d+%dM\n", rfm, sfm)
-                }
-            } else {
-                if (mfg > 2) {
-                    printf("%d G\n", mfg)
-                    printf("%dG\n", mfg)
-                    mfg = rfg
-                } else {
-                    printf("%d M\n", mfm)
-                    printf("%dM\n", mfm)
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            for (i in bar) {
-                if (load <= i * interval) {
-                    printf("%s\n%s\n", bar[i], bar[i])
-                    break
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        for (i in bw) {
-            if (load <= i * interval) {
-                if (COLORS) {
-                    printf("%s\n", color[i])
-                } else {
-                    printf("%s\n", bw[i])
-                }
-                break
-            }
-        }
-    }
-' /proc/meminfo
+if [[ "$TYPE" == "" ]]; then
+    MEM_FREE=$((${PHYS_AVAILABLE} + ${SWAP_AVAILABLE}))
+    MEM_TOTAL=$((${PHYS_TOTAL} + ${SWAP_TOTAL}))
+    if [[ "$MEM_FREE" -gt 2 ]]; then
+        LONG_TEXT="${PHYS_AVAILABLE}+${SWAP_AVAILABLE}G"
+        SHORT_TEXT="${PHYS_AVAILABLE}+${SWAP_AVAILABLE}G"
+    else
+        LONG_TEXT="${PHYS_AVAILABLE_M}+${SWAP_AVAILABLE}M"
+        SHORT_TEXT="${PHYS_AVAILABLE_M}+${SWAP_AVAILABLE}M"
+    fi
+elif [[ "$TYPE" == "ram" ]]; then
+    MEM_FREE=${PHYS_AVAILABLE}
+    MEM_TOTAL=${PHYS_TOTAL}
+elif [[ "$TYPE" == "swap" ]]; then
+    MEM_FREE=${SWAP_AVAILABLE}
+    MEM_TOTAL=${SWAP_TOTAL}
+fi