diff --git a/bar/run.go b/bar/run.go
index fe55e259c67d021f3a377f58ce4b6cd8de265816..84a7f969a6743c840bdee95f83fc1c6dee5b0e37 100644
--- a/bar/run.go
+++ b/bar/run.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func Run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	if err != nil {
 		// TODO Make a better default
 		cfg, err = config.ReadConfigStr(`---
+refresh: 5
 modules:
   - module: text
     name: post
@@ -47,6 +48,9 @@ modules:
 `)
 		cobra.CheckErr(err)
 	}
+	if cfg.Refresh < 1 {
+		cfg.Refresh = 5
+	}
 	go handleCommands()
 
 	fmt.Printf(`{ "version": 1, "stop_signal": %d, "cont_signal": %d, "click_events": true }`+"\n",
@@ -59,6 +63,6 @@ modules:
 		}
 		fmt.Printf("%s\n[%s]", separator, strings.Join(line, ","))
 		separator = ","
-		time.Sleep(5 * time.Second)
+		time.Sleep(time.Duration(cfg.Refresh) * time.Second)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 8401ecbaf24ed482f30002b7c7555337c0e87c17..1ba94b7912e1172bfc6e6047dc9f0d461278edc2 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 // Config is the structure for the config file.
 type Config struct {
+	Refresh int              `yaml:"refresh"`
 	Modules []modules.Module `yaml:"modules"`
 }
 
diff --git a/doc/config.sample.yaml b/doc/config.sample.yaml
index 9d29fad016b3a357c302f9281f06ed7147fec950..b0a4e4a04a674c623c2a93384cfdaa03426325cd 100644
--- a/doc/config.sample.yaml
+++ b/doc/config.sample.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ---
+refresh: 5
 modules:
   - module: text
     name: post
@@ -8,5 +9,6 @@ modules:
     on-click: xdg-open https://mastodon.ie/
   - module: date
     params:
+      blink-char: ":"
       format: 06-01-02 15:04
     on-click: xdg-open https://calendar.google.com/
diff --git a/modules/date.go b/modules/date.go
index 00352631544e177d67d1c9e1b6b9204be9db1449..400d629f7ad1815e65ad6ea4c73c185b69c2f802 100644
--- a/modules/date.go
+++ b/modules/date.go
@@ -2,14 +2,17 @@ package modules
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 )
 
 // DateMod module parameters for the text module.
 type DateMod struct {
-	name    string
-	onclick string
-	Format  string `yaml:"format"`
+	name      string
+	onclick   string
+	blink     bool
+	Format    string `yaml:"format"`
+	BlinkChar string `yaml:"blink-char"`
 }
 
 // NewDate creates a DateMod instance.
@@ -38,5 +41,11 @@ func (d *DateMod) OnClick() string {
 func (d *DateMod) Render() string {
 
 	now := time.Now().Format(d.Format)
+	if d.BlinkChar != "" {
+		if d.blink {
+			now = strings.ReplaceAll(now, d.BlinkChar, " ")
+		}
+		d.blink = !d.blink
+	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("{\"full_text\": \"%s\"}", now)
 }