diff --git a/dracula.tmux b/dracula.tmux
index f3cc43c..1c89774 100755
--- a/dracula.tmux
+++ b/dracula.tmux
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ main()
   # message styling
   tmux set-option -g message-style "bg=${gray},fg=${white}"
 
+  # run weather script in background
+  ./sleep_weather.sh &
+
   # status bar
   tmux set-option -g status-style "bg=${gray},fg=${white}"
 
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ main()
 
   tmux set-option -g  status-right "#[fg=${dark_gray},bg=${pink}] #(~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-dracula/battery.sh) "
   tmux set-option -ga status-right "#[fg=${dark_gray},bg=${cyan}] tructus "
-  tmux set-option -ga status-right "#[fg=${dark_gray},bg=${orange}] #() " 
+  tmux set-option -ga status-right "#[fg=${dark_gray},bg=${orange}] #(cat weather.txt) " 
   tmux set-option -ga status-right "#[fg=${white},bg=${dark_purple}] %a %m/%d %I:%M %p #(date +%Z) "
   
   # window tabs 
diff --git a/sleep_weather.sh b/sleep_weather.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..195cdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sleep_weather.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#wrapper script for running weather on interval
+
+main()
+{
+	while true
+	do
+		./weather.sh
+		sleep 600
+	done
+}
+
+#run main driver function
+main
diff --git a/weather.sh b/weather.sh
index 4ab4867..626bdd0 100755
--- a/weather.sh
+++ b/weather.sh
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ display_weather()
 
 main()
 {
+	# process should be cancelled when session is killed
 	if ping -q -c 1 -W 1 ipinfo.io &>/dev/null; then
-
 		echo "$(display_weather) $city, $(get_region_code)"
 	else
 		echo "Location Unavailable"
diff --git a/weather.txt b/weather.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87fcd32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weather.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+ {
+  "error": {
+    "title": "Rate limit exceeded",
+    "message": "You've hit the daily limit for the unauthenticated API. Create an API access token by signing up to get 50k req/month."
+  }
+}, { "error": { "title": "Rate limit exceeded", "message": "You've hit the daily limit for the unauthenticated API. Create an API access token by signing up to get 50k req/month." } }