diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/conky-config b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/conky-config
index b2e734c2..ddbcba85 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/conky-config
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/conky-config
@@ -37,17 +37,16 @@ conky.config = {
     color2 = '404040',
 }
 
+-- texeci <interval_sec> <cmd>: run the command periodically, _in a separate thread_ so as not to block rendering
 conky.text = [[
 ${color1}${shadecolor 707070}${font Sxmo:size=50:style=Bold}${alignc}${exec date +"%H:%M"}${font}
 ${color2}${shadecolor a4d7d0}${font Sxmo:size=20}${alignc}${exec date +"%a %d %b"}${font}
 
 
 ${color1}${shadecolor}${font Sxmo:size=22:style=Bold}${alignc}${exec @bat@ }${font}
+${color1}${shadecolor}${font Sxmo:size=20:style=Bold}${alignc}${texeci 600 @weather@ }${font}
 
 
 ${color2}${shadecolor a4d7d0}${font Sxmo:size=16}${alignc}⇅ ${downspeedf wlan0}K/s${font}
 ${font Sxmo:size=16}${alignc}☵ $memperc%  $cpu%${font}
-
-
-${color1}${shadecolor}${font Sxmo:size=22:style=Bold}${alignc}${exec @weather@ }${font}
 ]]
diff --git a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
index 1a39980c..35b541e1 100644
--- a/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
+++ b/hosts/modules/gui/sxmo/default.nix
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ in
         in pkgs.substituteAll {
           src = ./conky-config;
           bat = "${battery_estimate}/bin/battery_estimate";
-          weather = "${pkgs.sane-weather}/bin/sane-weather";
+          weather = "timeout 20 ${pkgs.sane-weather}/bin/sane-weather";
         };
       }