diff --git a/dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc b/dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc
index 85bc38d..226ea7b 100644
--- a/dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc
+++ b/dotfiles/system/etc/zsh/zshrc
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ alias Yall="noglob youtube-dl --no-check-certificate -o \"%(autonumber)s-%(title
 alias Ytune="noglob youtube-dl --no-check-certificate -x --audio-format vorbis --audio-quality 4"
 alias units="units -v"
 alias usystemctl="systemctl --user"
+alias battery="upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0"
 
 # apparently this is the only way of setting GNU Screen to UTF-8
 alias screen="screen -U"