diff --git a/bitbar/ambient.60s.sh b/bitbar/ambient.60s.sh
index bbd9cbf..707bb00 100755
--- a/bitbar/ambient.60s.sh
+++ b/bitbar/ambient.60s.sh
@@ -2,21 +2,35 @@
 
 SOURCE="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
 while [ -h "$SOURCE" ]; do # resolve $SOURCE until the file is no longer a symlink
-  DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
-  SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
-  [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
+    DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
+    SOURCE="$(readlink "$SOURCE")"
+    [[ $SOURCE != /* ]] && SOURCE="$DIR/$SOURCE" # if $SOURCE was a relative symlink, we need to resolve it relative to the path where the symlink file was located
 done
 DIR="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$SOURCE" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )"
 
 PATH="/usr/local/bin:$PATH" # to find Homebrew-installed fish
 
+# look for config file in XDG config dirs
+printf '%s:\0' "${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"${HOME}/.config"}:${XDG_CONFIG_DIRS:-/etc/xdg}" | while IFS=: read -d: -r p; do
+    if [ -z "$config_file" ] && [ -r "$p/bitbar/plugins/ambient.json" ]; then
+        config_file="$p/bitbar/plugins/ambient.json"
+    fi
+done
+if [ -z "$config_file" ]; then
+    config='{}'
+else
+    config="$(cat "$config_file")"
+fi
+
 WIDGET=$(/usr/local/bin/fish $DIR/../ambient-widgets | tr '\n' ' ')
 
 if [ -z "$WIDGET" ]; then
-	echo "🚄"
-else 
-	echo $WIDGET
-	echo "---"
-	echo "Go to map|href=https://iceportal.de/karte"
-	echo $(/usr/local/bin/fish $DIR/../ambient | tr '\n' '\r\n')
+    if echo "$config" | jq -e 'if has("showIfEmpty") then .showIfEmpty else true end' > /dev/null; then
+        echo "🚄"
+    fi
+else
+    echo $WIDGET
+    echo "---"
+    echo "Go to map|href=https://iceportal.de/karte"
+    echo $(/usr/local/bin/fish $DIR/../ambient | tr '\n' '\r\n')
 fi