diff --git a/waybar/config.jsonc b/waybar/config.jsonc
index 8fea6d9e44193bf5b763003647720999e39f682b..5158082d0fa8e5c2cb671850d90aef4a46f22ebc 100644
--- a/waybar/config.jsonc
+++ b/waybar/config.jsonc
@@ -129,7 +129,8 @@
     "backlight": {
         // "device": "acpi_video1",
         "format": "{percent}% {icon}",
-        "format-icons": ["", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""]
+        //"format-icons": ["", "", "", "", "", "", "", "", ""]
+        "format-icons": ["▁", "▂", "▃", "▄", "▅", "▆", "▇", "█"]
     },
     "battery": {
         "states": {