diff --git a/.tmux.need-reboot.sh b/.tmux.need-reboot.sh
index 64bce97..fd10e84 100755
--- a/.tmux.need-reboot.sh
+++ b/.tmux.need-reboot.sh
@@ -1,54 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # script for displaying reboot status in tmux status line
 
-#TIMELEFT=${1:-INVALID}
-#if [[ $TIMELEFT == "INVALID" ]]; then
-#  TIMELEFT=0
-#fi
-#COLORS=(
-#  196 # red
-#  202 208 214 220 # oranges
-#  226 226 # yellow
-#  190 154 118 # yellow-greens
-#  046 046 046 # green
-#  047 048 049 050 # green-cyans
-#  051 # cyan
-#)
-#HOURS=$(( $TIMELEFT / (60 * 60) ))
-#MINUTES=$(( $TIMELEFT / 60 - $HOURS * 60 ))
-#TOTAL_MINUTES=$(( $HOURS * 60 + $MINUTES ))
-#THRESHOLD=$(( 8 * 60 * 60 ))
-#if [[ ! $TIMELEFT -lt $THRESHOLD ]]; then
-#  GRADIENTINDEX=$(( ${#COLORS[@]} - 1 ))
-#elif [[ ! $TIMELEFT -gt 0 ]]; then
-#  GRADIENTINDEX=0
-#else
-#  GRADIENTINDEX=$(( ${#COLORS[@]} * $TIMELEFT / $THRESHOLD ))
-#fi
-#COLOR=${COLORS[$GRADIENTINDEX]}
-#if [[ $HOURS -gt 99 ]]; then
-#  HOURS=99
-#  MINUTES=59
-#fi
-#if [[ $HOURS -lt 10 ]]; then
-#  HOURS=0$HOURS
-#fi
-#if [[ $MINUTES -lt 10 ]]; then
-#  MINUTES=0$MINUTES
-#fi
-# echo -en "\033[48;5;${COLOR}m"
-#if [[ $TIMELEFT -le 0 ]]; then
-#  echo -n " #[bg=colour${COLOR}][00m"
-#elif [[ $TOTAL_MINUTES -le 99 ]]; then
-#  if [[ $TOTAL_MINUTES -lt 10 ]]; then
-#    TOTAL_MINUTES=0$TOTAL_MINUTES
-#  fi
-#  echo -n " #[bg=colour${COLOR}][${TOTAL_MINUTES}m"
-#else
-#  echo -n " #[bg=colour${COLOR}][${HOURS}h"
-#fi
-if [[ -f /var/run/reboot-required ]]; then
-  echo "#[bg=colour${COLORS[0]}][REBOOT]" # to reset the color: "#[bg=colour${COLOR}]"
-#else
-#  echo "]"
+source "$( dirname "$(realpath -e "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" )"/.tmux.status-helpers.sh
+if needs_reboot; then
+  echo "#[bg=colour$(get_bgcolor_gradient_red_to_cyan 0 100)][REBOOT]"
 fi