diff --git a/.config/polybar/config.ini b/.config/polybar/config.ini
index 7c8e562..614874a 100644
--- a/.config/polybar/config.ini
+++ b/.config/polybar/config.ini
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 margin-bottom = 0
 margin-top = 0
 
-include-file = ~/.config/polybar/colors.ini
+include-file = ~/.config/polybar/themes/current.ini
 include-file = ~/.config/polybar/modules.ini
 include-file = ~/.config/polybar/user_modules.ini
 
diff --git a/.config/polybar/themes/onehalf-dark.ini b/.config/polybar/themes/onehalf-dark.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69b7d60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/polybar/themes/onehalf-dark.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+;; based on papercolor-light
+
+[color]
+
+background = #282c34
+foreground = #dcdfe4
+accent = #98c379
+attention = #e08c75
diff --git a/.config/polybar/themes/onehalf-light.ini b/.config/polybar/themes/onehalf-light.ini
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6171bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/polybar/themes/onehalf-light.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+;; based on onehalf-light
+
+[color]
+
+background = #fafafa
+foreground = #383a42
+accent = #40a14f
+attention = #e45649
diff --git a/.config/scripts/toggle_theme.sh b/.config/scripts/toggle_theme.sh
index 30c5587..7680511 100755
--- a/.config/scripts/toggle_theme.sh
+++ b/.config/scripts/toggle_theme.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,25 @@
 # ncmpcpp? uses xresources, but might want customizations
 # nvim
 
+#polybar
+
+PATH_THEME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/polybar/themes"
+
+case "$1" in
+    light)
+        cp "$PATH_THEME/onehalf-light.ini" "$PATH_THEME/current.ini"
+        ;;
+    dark)
+        cp "$PATH_THEME/onehalf-dark.ini" "$PATH_THEME/current.ini"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+if pgrep -u $UID -x polybar >/dev/null; then
+    killall -q polybar
+    polybar -c ~/.config/polybar/config.ini main &
+    polybar -c ~/.config/polybar/config.ini system &
+fi
+
 #x11
 
 PATH_THEME="$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/X11/colors"