diff --git a/i3/blocks/mediaplayer b/i3/blocks/mediaplayer
index e87a17b3..19410b51 100755
--- a/i3/blocks/mediaplayer
+++ b/i3/blocks/mediaplayer
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@ case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
 esac
 
 
-if [ "$($COMMAND status)" = "Playing" ]; then
+if [ "$($COMMAND status 2> /dev/null )" = "Playing" ]; then
 	colour="#00FF00"
 else
 	colour="#FF8000"
 fi
 
-title=$($COMMAND metadata title | sed "s/\&/\&/g")
-artist=$($COMMAND metadata artist | sed "s/\&/\&/g")
+title=$($COMMAND metadata title 2> /dev/null | sed "s/\&/\&/g")
+artist=$($COMMAND metadata artist 2> /dev/null | sed "s/\&/\&/g")
 
-if [ "$title" != "(null)" ]; then
+if [ "$title" != "" ]; then
 	ret="<span foreground='$colour'>$title</span>"
 	if [ -n "$artist" ]; then
 		ret="$ret - $artist"
@@ -28,5 +28,3 @@ if [ "$title" != "(null)" ]; then
 	echo "$ret";
 fi
 
-
-
diff --git a/i3/blocks/mpvmediaplayer b/i3/blocks/mpvmediaplayer
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2316ba05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/i3/blocks/mpvmediaplayer
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/sh
+
+
+socket="${SOCKET:-/tmp/mpvsocket}"
+
+#case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
+#	1) $COMMAND previous ;;
+#	3) $COMMAND next ;;
+#esac
+
+
+echo '{ "command": ["get_property_string", "filtered-metadata"] }' | socat - /tmp/mpvsocket | jq '.data' | sed 's/"{\\"icy-title\\":\\"//g' | sed 's/\\"}"//g'
+echo ""
+echo "#00FF00"
diff --git a/i3/i3blocks.conf b/i3/i3blocks.conf
index d9d49102..9e97e4d4 100644
--- a/i3/i3blocks.conf
+++ b/i3/i3blocks.conf
@@ -59,10 +59,20 @@ interval=5
 # Supported players are: spotify, vlc, audacious, xmms2, mplayer, and others.
 [mediaplayer]
 command=~/.dotfiles/i3/blocks/mediaplayer
-instance=spotify
 interval=2
 signal=10
 markup=pango
+#separator=false
+
+# MPV Player
+#
+# This displays "ARTIST - SONG" if a music is playing.
+# Supported players are: spotify, vlc, audacious, xmms2, mplayer, and others.
+[mpvmediaplayer]
+command=~/.dotfiles/i3/blocks/mpvmediaplayer
+SOCKET=/tmp/mpvsocket
+interval=2
+#markup=pango
 
 #[proftpstatus]
 #command=~/.dotfiles/i3/blocks/proftp