diff --git a/nix/home-manager/profiles/qtile-desktop.nix b/nix/home-manager/profiles/qtile-desktop.nix
index 1810b11..ce6f4a5 100644
--- a/nix/home-manager/profiles/qtile-desktop.nix
+++ b/nix/home-manager/profiles/qtile-desktop.nix
@@ -320,9 +320,18 @@ in {
                 type = "script";
                 params = {
                   args = [
-                    (pkgs.writeShellScript "espanso" ''
-                       ${playerctl} position''
-                    )
+                    (pkgs.writeScript "espanso" ''
+                      #! ${pkgs.python3}/bin/python
+                      import subprocess, os, math, datetime
+
+                      id=str(os.getuid())
+                      result=subprocess.run(args=["${pkgs.playerctl}/bin/playerctl", "position"], env={"DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS": "unix:path=/run/user/"+id+"/bus"},capture_output=True)
+                      result.check_returncode()
+
+                      position_secs = math.trunc(float(result.stdout))
+                      position_human = datetime.timedelta(seconds=position_secs)
+                      print("%s - %s" % (position_human, position_secs))
+                    '')
                   ];
                 };
               }