diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a61744..8cc2912 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@ result/
 /.idea/vcs.xml
 /.idea/workspace.xml
 /goGoFetch
+/gogofetch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/providers/packages.go b/src/providers/packages.go
index 96de6fd..8748068 100644
--- a/src/providers/packages.go
+++ b/src/providers/packages.go
@@ -25,11 +25,12 @@ func GetPkgs() string {
 	var pkgs string
 	haveNix := checkNix()
 	if strings.HasPrefix(id, "arch") {
-		entries, err := os.ReadDir("/run/current-system/sw/bin")
-		if err != nil {
-			return "can't get nix packages"
+		out, _ := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "pacman -Qq | wc -l").Output()
+		pkgs = strings.TrimSpace(string(out)) + " (pacman)"
+		if haveNix {
+			pkgs = strings.TrimSpace(pkgs + ", " + addNix())
 		}
-		return strconv.Itoa(len(entries)) + " (nix)"
+		return pkgs
 	}
 	if strings.HasPrefix(id, "debian") {
 		out, _ := exec.Command("sh", "-c", "dpkg -l | grep ^ii | wc -l").Output()