diff --git a/i38.sh b/i38.sh
index 8245ec6..61e3e9b 100644
--- a/i38.sh
+++ b/i38.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ i3Path="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-$HOME/.config}/i3"
 export DIALOGOPTS='--no-lines --visit-items'
 
 # Check to make sure minimum requirements are installed.
-for i in dialog grun sgtk-menu yad zenity ; do
+for i in dialog grun sgtk-menu yad ; do
     if ! command -v "$i" &> /dev/null ; then
         missing+=("$i")
     fi
diff --git a/scripts/battery_status.sh b/scripts/battery_status.sh
index a2993f0..8204e01 100644
--- a/scripts/battery_status.sh
+++ b/scripts/battery_status.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ export stat=`cat $f"/status"`
 export cap=`cat $f"/capacity"`
 echo battery $f": "$stat", "$cap"%"
 fi
-done|zenity --text-info --filename=/dev/stdin --title "Power Status"
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+done|spd-say -e
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