diff --git a/config/awesome/evil/microphone.lua b/config/awesome/evil/microphone.lua
index 519fb27..3206a6b 100644
--- a/config/awesome/evil/microphone.lua
+++ b/config/awesome/evil/microphone.lua
@@ -3,18 +3,19 @@
 --      muted (boolean)
 local awful = require("awful")
 
+local muted_old = -1
 local function emit_microphone_info()
-    -- Use tail to grab the last line of the output (which refers to the microphone)
-    awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("pacmd list-sources | grep muted | tail -1 | awk '{print $2}'",
-        function(stdout)
-            -- Remove trailing whitespace
-            muted = stdout:gsub('^%s*(.-)%s*$', '%1')
-            awesome.emit_signal("evil::microphone", muted == "yes")
+    -- See evil/volume.lua for the reason why we print the +7 and +11 lines after '* index'
+    awful.spawn.easy_async_with_shell("pacmd list-sources | awk '/\\* index: /{nr[NR+7];nr[NR+11]}; NR in nr'", function(stdout)
+        local muted = stdout:match('muted:(%s+)[yes]')
+        local muted_int = muted and 1 or 0
+        if not (muted_int == muted_old) then
+            awesome.emit_signal("evil::microphone", muted)
+            muted_old = muted_int
         end
-    )
+    end)
 end
 
-
 -- Run once to initialize widgets
 emit_microphone_info()