diff --git a/src/speedwm-audioctrl b/src/speedwm-audioctrl
index ccba9ae..1ee088f 100755
--- a/src/speedwm-audioctrl
+++ b/src/speedwm-audioctrl
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ MUTE() {
 				 fi
 		fi
   fi
+
+  kill -38 $(pidof status)
 }
 
 RAISE() {
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ RAISE() {
 				ls ${BINDIR}notify-send && notify-send "  $(amixer -c 0 get Master | tail -n 1 | sed -r "s/.*\[(.*)%\].*/\1/")%"
 		fi
   fi
+
+  kill -38 $(pidof status)
 }
 
 LOWER() {
@@ -67,6 +71,8 @@ LOWER() {
 				test ${BINDIR}notify-send && notify-send "  $(amixer -c 0 get Master | tail -n 1 | sed -r "s/.*\[(.*)%\].*/\1/")%"
 		fi
   fi
+  
+  kill -38 $(pidof status)
 }
 
 GETVOL() {