diff --git a/src/alias.c b/src/alias.c
index 7762a40..8e5be04 100644
--- a/src/alias.c
+++ b/src/alias.c
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ void alias_init(struct alias* alias) {
   alias->owner = NULL;
   alias->color_override = false;
   alias->color = rgba_color_from_hex(0xffff0000);
+  alias->update_frequency = 1;
+  alias->counter = 0;
 
   window_init(&alias->window);
   image_init(&alias->image);
@@ -183,6 +185,19 @@ bool alias_update_image(struct alias* alias) {
   return image_set_image(&alias->image, image_ref, alias->window.frame, false);
 }
 
+bool alias_update(struct alias* alias) {
+  if (alias->update_frequency == 0) return false;
+
+  alias->counter++;
+  if (alias->counter >= alias->update_frequency) {
+    alias->counter = 0;
+    if (alias_update_image(alias)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
 void alias_draw(struct alias* alias, CGContextRef context) {
   if (alias->color_override) {
     CGContextSaveGState(context);
@@ -232,6 +247,9 @@ bool alias_parse_sub_domain(struct alias* alias, FILE* rsp, struct token propert
     alias->color = rgba_color_from_hex(token_to_uint32t(get_token(&message)));
     alias->color_override = true;
     return true;
+  } else if (token_equals(property, PROPERTY_UPDATE_FREQ)) {
+    alias->update_frequency = token_to_uint32t(get_token(&message));
+    return false;
   } else {
     respond(rsp, "[!] Alias: Invalid property '%s' \n", property.text);
   }
diff --git a/src/alias.h b/src/alias.h
index 9e4e8df..e1553c9 100644
--- a/src/alias.h
+++ b/src/alias.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 
 struct alias {
   bool permission;
+  uint32_t update_frequency;
+  uint32_t counter;
 
   char* name;
   char* owner;
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ uint32_t alias_get_height(struct alias* alias);
 
 void alias_calculate_bounds(struct alias* alias, uint32_t x, uint32_t y);
 void alias_draw(struct alias* alias, CGContextRef context);
+bool alias_update(struct alias* alias);
 void alias_destroy(struct alias* alias);
 
 void print_all_menu_items(FILE* rsp);
diff --git a/src/bar_item.c b/src/bar_item.c
index 4464e1a..7ff414b 100644
--- a/src/bar_item.c
+++ b/src/bar_item.c
@@ -157,12 +157,6 @@ bool bar_item_update(struct bar_item* bar_item, char* sender, bool forced, struc
       mach_send_message(bar_item->event_port, message, len, false);
       free(message);
     }
-
-    // Alias Update
-    if (bar_item->has_alias && alias_update_image(&bar_item->alias)) {
-      bar_item_needs_update(bar_item);
-      return true;
-    }
   }
   return false;
 }
@@ -359,9 +353,7 @@ bool bar_item_set_type(struct bar_item* bar_item, char* type) {
                  string_copy("0")                );
   }
   else if (bar_item->type == BAR_COMPONENT_ALIAS) {
-    bar_item->update_frequency = 1;
     bar_item->has_alias = true;
-    bar_item->updates_only_when_shown = true;
   }
   else if (bar_item->type == BAR_COMPONENT_GRAPH) {
     bar_item->has_graph = true;
@@ -473,7 +465,11 @@ struct window* bar_item_get_window(struct bar_item* bar_item, uint32_t adid) {
     window_set_blur_radius(bar_item->windows[adid - 1], bar_item->blur_radius);
     context_set_font_smoothing(bar_item->windows[adid - 1]->context,
                                g_bar_manager.font_smoothing         );
-    g_bar_manager.needs_ordering = true;
+    
+    if (bar_item->parent)
+      bar_item->parent->popup.needs_ordering = true;
+    else
+      g_bar_manager.needs_ordering = true;
   }
 
   return bar_item->windows[adid - 1];
diff --git a/src/bar_manager.c b/src/bar_manager.c
index d125b1f..9fc1d82 100644
--- a/src/bar_manager.c
+++ b/src/bar_manager.c
@@ -502,10 +502,15 @@ void bar_manager_update(struct bar_manager* bar_manager, bool forced) {
   if ((bar_manager->frozen && !forced) || bar_manager->sleeps) return;
   bool needs_refresh = false;
   for (int i = 0; i < bar_manager->bar_item_count; i++) {
-    needs_refresh |= bar_item_update(bar_manager->bar_items[i],
-                                     NULL,
-                                     forced,
-                                     NULL                      );
+    struct bar_item* bar_item = bar_manager->bar_items[i];
+    needs_refresh |= bar_item_update(bar_item, NULL, forced, NULL);
+
+    if (bar_item->has_alias
+        && bar_item_is_shown(bar_item)
+        && alias_update(&bar_item->alias)) {
+      bar_item_needs_update(bar_item);
+      needs_refresh = true;
+    }
   }
 
   if (needs_refresh) bar_manager_refresh(bar_manager, false);