4 files changed, 12 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/src/Xmobar/Config/Template.hs b/src/Xmobar/Config/Template.hs
index 28ccbe1..67ed061 100644
--- a/src/Xmobar/Config/Template.hs
+++ b/src/Xmobar/Config/Template.hs
@@ -21,23 +21,21 @@ import Control.Monad (guard, mzero)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
 
 import Text.Parsec ((<|>))
+import Text.Read (readMaybe)
+
 import qualified Text.Parsec as P
 import qualified Text.Parsec.Combinator as C
-import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec (Parser)
 
-import Text.Read (readMaybe)
+import Text.ParserCombinators.Parsec (Parser)
 
 import Xmobar.Config.Types
 
 -- | Runs the template string parser
-parseString :: Config -> String -> IO [Segment]
+parseString :: Config -> String -> [Segment]
 parseString c s =
     case P.parse (stringParser ci 0 Nothing) "" s of
-      Left  _ -> return [(Text $ "Could not parse string: " ++ s
-                          , ci
-                          , 0
-                          , Nothing)]
-      Right x -> return (concat x)
+      Left  _ -> [(Text $ "Could not parse string: " ++ s , ci , 0 , Nothing)]
+      Right x -> concat x
     where ci = TextRenderInfo (fgColor c) 0 0 []
 
 allParsers :: TextRenderInfo -> FontIndex -> Maybe [Action] -> Parser [Segment]
diff --git a/src/Xmobar/Text/Loop.hs b/src/Xmobar/Text/Loop.hs
index 05379cd..5d2c43f 100644
--- a/src/Xmobar/Text/Loop.hs
+++ b/src/Xmobar/Text/Loop.hs
@@ -45,4 +45,4 @@ eventLoop cfg signal tv = do
 updateString :: Config -> TVar [String] -> IO String
 updateString conf v = do
   s <- readTVarIO v
-  format conf (concat s)
+  return $ format conf (concat s)
diff --git a/src/Xmobar/Text/Output.hs b/src/Xmobar/Text/Output.hs
index 6e5b0f1..677b6d2 100644
--- a/src/Xmobar/Text/Output.hs
+++ b/src/Xmobar/Text/Output.hs
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ formatWithColor conf (Hspace n, i, x, y) =
    formatWithColor conf (Text $ replicate (fromIntegral n) ' ', i, x, y)
 formatWithColor _ _ = ""
 
-format :: Config -> String -> IO String
+format :: Config -> String -> String
 format conf s = do
-  segments <- parseString conf s
+  let segments = parseString conf s
   case textOutputFormat conf of
-    Swaybar -> return $ formatSwaybar conf segments
-    _ -> return (concatMap (formatWithColor conf) segments)
+    Swaybar -> formatSwaybar conf segments
+    _ -> concatMap (formatWithColor conf) segments
diff --git a/src/Xmobar/X11/Loop.hs b/src/Xmobar/X11/Loop.hs
index 721a35b..da16402 100644
--- a/src/Xmobar/X11/Loop.hs
+++ b/src/Xmobar/X11/Loop.hs
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ parseSegments :: C.Config -> STM.TVar [String] -> IO [[C.Segment]]
 parseSegments conf v = do
   s <- STM.readTVarIO v
   let l:c:r:_ = s ++ repeat ""
-  MR.liftIO $ mapM (CT.parseString conf) [l, c, r]
+  return $ map (CT.parseString conf) [l, c, r]
 
 updateIconCache :: T.XConf -> [[C.Segment]] -> IO T.XConf
 updateIconCache xc@(T.XConf d _ w _ c cfg) segs = do