diff --git a/_suckless/_scripts/sb-network b/_suckless/_scripts/sb-network
index db36d71..d64f167 100755
--- a/_suckless/_scripts/sb-network
+++ b/_suckless/_scripts/sb-network
@@ -2,5 +2,8 @@
 
 case "$(cat /sys/class/net/w*/operstate 2>/dev/null)" in
   down) printf "^c#eeeeee^^b#005577^\ue63e no wifi^d^" ;;
-  up) printf "\ue63e $(iw dev wlan0 info | awk '/ssid/ {print $2}')" ;;
+  up)
+    [ -n "$(ip address show dev wlan0 | grep 'inet ')" ] \
+      && printf "\ue63e $(iw dev wlan0 info | awk '/ssid/ {print $2}')" \
+      || printf "^c#eeeeee^^b#005577^\ue63e no ip^d^" ;;
 esac