diff --git a/examples/eww-bar/scripts/getvol b/examples/eww-bar/scripts/getvol
index 6a95077..5b92a39 100755
--- a/examples/eww-bar/scripts/getvol
+++ b/examples/eww-bar/scripts/getvol
@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-amixer -D pulse sget Master | grep 'Left:' | awk -F'[][]' '{ print $2 }' | tr -d '%' | head -1
+
+if command -v pactl &>/dev/null; then
+    pactl get-sink-volume $(pactl get-default-sink) | awk -F '[^0-9]+' '/left:/{print $3}'
+else
+    amixer -D pulse sget Master | awk -F '[^0-9]+' '/Left:/{print $3}'
+fi