diff --git a/wms_mimic.sh b/wms_mimic.sh
index 115ca83..d33563c 100755
--- a/wms_mimic.sh
+++ b/wms_mimic.sh
@@ -1,38 +1,32 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 TARGET=$1                            # image target
-COLORS="/tmp/mimic"                  # path to the extracted colors file
+TMPCOL="/tmp/tmpcol"               # path to the extracted colors file
 WMVAR="$HOME/.config/wms/wms_var"    # window manager variables 
-DAC="a0a0a0"                         # default active color
-DIC="404040"                         # default inactive color
-DBC="#000000"                        # default background color                 
+NC="3"                               # number of colors to extract
 
-if [ -f "$TARGET" ]; then    # if cw.png exist, extract colors
-    convert $TARGET -colors 3 -depth 6 -format '%c' histogram:info:- | awk '{print $3}' | cut -c 2-7 > $COLORS
+# color extractor
+colext() {
+    convert $TARGET -colors $NC -depth 6 -format '%c' histogram:info:- | awk -v RS="" '{print $11,$7,$3}' | tr -d '#'
+}
 
-    if [ "$(wc -w < $COLORS)" = "3" ]; then    # if two colors turned out
-	mainc=$(sed '3 p;d' < $COLORS)    # main color
-	secondc=$(sed '2 p;d' < $COLORS)    # second color
-	thirdc=$(sed '1 p;d' < $COLORS)    # third color
+# if the image file exists, extract the colors and store them temporarily
+if [ -f "$TARGET" ]; then
+    colext > $TMPCOL
 
-	# change variables in ~/.wmvar
-	sed -i "s/^.*\bAC=\b.*$/AC=$mainc/" $WMVAR    # new acive color
-	sed -i "s/^.*\bIC=\b.*$/IC=$secondc/" $WMVAR    # new inactive color
-	sed -i "s/^.*\bBC=\b.*$/BC=$thirdc/" $WMVAR    # new background color
+    # check if N colors have been extracted
+    if [ "$(wc -w < $TMPCOL)" = "$NC" ]; then
+	# load extracted colors into variables
+	read ac ic bc < $TMPCOL
+	    	
+	# overwrite the values in ~/.config/wms/wms_var
+	sed -i "s/^.*\bAC=\b.*$/AC=$ac/" $WMVAR    # new acive color
+	sed -i "s/^.*\bIC=\b.*$/IC=$ic/" $WMVAR    # new inactive color
+	sed -i "s/^.*\bBC=\b.*$/BC=$bc/" $WMVAR    # new background color
 
-    else    # if no two colors turned out
-	sed -i "s/^.*\bAC=\b.*$/AC=$DAC/" $WMVAR    # default acive color
-	sed -i "s/^.*\bIC=\b.*$/IC=$DIC/" $WMVAR    # default inactive color
-	sed -i "s/^.*\bBC=\b.*$/BC=$DBC/" $WMVAR    # default background color
-	
+	# apply the change
+	wms_value.sh -d
+	wms_mainrole.sh -t
 
     fi
-
-    cp .config/wms/wms_var /tmp/wms_var;    # copy wms_var file into /tmp
-    wms_mainrole.sh -t    # make it happen
-    
-else    # if image target not exist
-    exit 0    # leave without change
-
-fi
-
+fi