diff --git a/slstatus-backlight-20190305-85a4a18.diff b/slstatus-backlight-20190305-85a4a18.diff
deleted file mode 100644
index c96ee30..0000000
--- a/slstatus-backlight-20190305-85a4a18.diff
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-From 165831fe7aab377343825acfabc2d4f16d6ca012 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Ryan Kes <alrayyes@gmail.com>
-Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2019 11:09:21 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] backlight module
-
----
- Makefile               |  1 +
- components/backlight.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- config.def.h           |  1 +
- slstatus.h             |  3 +++
- 4 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
- create mode 100644 components/backlight.c
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
-index 945b5e3..28a205f 100644
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ include config.mk
- 
- REQ = util
- COM =\
-+	components/backlight\
- 	components/battery\
- 	components/cpu\
- 	components/datetime\
-diff --git a/components/backlight.c b/components/backlight.c
-new file mode 100644
-index 0000000..fcc062a
---- /dev/null
-+++ b/components/backlight.c
-@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
-+/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
-+#include <stdio.h>
-+#include <string.h>
-+
-+#include "../util.h"
-+
-+#if defined(__linux__)
-+	#include <limits.h>
-+	#include <stdint.h>
-+	#include <unistd.h>
-+
-+	const char *
-+		backlight_perc(const char *backlight)
-+		{
-+			float value;
-+			char path[PATH_MAX];
-+
-+			if (esnprintf(path, sizeof(path),
-+				"/sys/class/backlight/%s/actual_brightness", backlight) < 0) {
-+				return NULL;
-+			}
-+			if (pscanf(path, "%f", &value) != 1) {
-+				return NULL;
-+			}
-+
-+			return bprintf("%d", (int)(value / 852 * 100));
-+		}
-+
-+#else
-+	const char *
-+		backlight_perc(const char *backlight)
-+		{
-+			return NULL;
-+		}
-+
-+#endif
-diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
-index e06be66..d0996ef 100644
---- a/config.def.h
-+++ b/config.def.h
-@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ static const char unknown_str[] = "n/a";
- /*
-  * function            description                     argument (example)
-  *
-+ * backlight_perc      backlight percentage            backlight name (intel_backlight)
-  * battery_perc        battery percentage              battery name (BAT0)
-  *                                                     NULL on OpenBSD/FreeBSD
-  * battery_state       battery charging state          battery name (BAT0)
-diff --git a/slstatus.h b/slstatus.h
-index 08f610a..d9c0b5f 100644
---- a/slstatus.h
-+++ b/slstatus.h
-@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
- /* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
- 
-+/* backlight */
-+const char *backlight_perc(const char *backlight);
-+
- /* battery */
- const char *battery_perc(const char *);
- const char *battery_state(const char *);
--- 
-2.21.0
-
diff --git a/slstatus-backlight-20190330-aa875fe.diff b/slstatus-backlight-20190330-aa875fe.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfb0790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/slstatus-backlight-20190330-aa875fe.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+From aa875fe2f41740536dd96e7f1d6ea2c654634102 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Ryan Kes <alrayyes@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 13:42:12 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] separator module
+
+---
+ Makefile               |  1 +
+ components/separator.c | 10 ++++++++++
+ config.def.h           |  1 +
+ slstatus.h             |  3 +++
+ 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 components/separator.c
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 945b5e3..2f93b87 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ COM =\
+ 	components/num_files\
+ 	components/ram\
+ 	components/run_command\
++	components/separator\
+ 	components/swap\
+ 	components/temperature\
+ 	components/uptime\
+diff --git a/components/separator.c b/components/separator.c
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..40fec52
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/components/separator.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
++/* See LICENSE file for copyright and license details. */
++#include <stdio.h>
++
++#include "../util.h"
++
++const char *
++separator(const char *separator)
++{
++    return separator;
++}
+diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
+index e06be66..0895f6a 100644
+--- a/config.def.h
++++ b/config.def.h
+@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ static const char unknown_str[] = "n/a";
+  * ram_total           total memory size in GB         NULL
+  * ram_used            used memory in GB               NULL
+  * run_command         custom shell command            command (echo foo)
++ * separator           string to echo                  NULL
+  * swap_free           free swap in GB                 NULL
+  * swap_perc           swap usage in percent           NULL
+  * swap_total          total swap size in GB           NULL
+diff --git a/slstatus.h b/slstatus.h
+index 08f610a..b0f2564 100644
+--- a/slstatus.h
++++ b/slstatus.h
+@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ const char *ram_used(void);
+ /* run_command */
+ const char *run_command(const char *cmd);
+ 
++/* separator */
++const char *separator(const char *separator);
++
+ /* swap */
+ const char *swap_free(void);
+ const char *swap_perc(void);
+-- 
+2.21.0
+