diff -ruN old/config.h new/config.h
--- old/config.h	2026-10-15 02:27:36.895141358 +0300
+++ new/config.h	2026-10-15 02:22:29.877680526 +0300
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@
 	.font		= "DejaVu Sans Mono:size=13:antialias=true",
 	.text_height 	= 10,
 };
+
+const char *xresources = "/home/michael/.cache/wal/colors.Xresources"; /* wal */
diff -ruN old/sxalert.c new/sxalert.c
--- old/sxalert.c	2026-10-15 02:27:29.337141729 +0300
+++ new/sxalert.c	2026-10-15 02:24:51.835149470 +0300
@@ -66,6 +66,40 @@
 	return max;
 }
 
+static void
+get_xresources_colors(struct alert *a)
+{
+	FILE *f = fopen(xresources, "r");
+	if (!f) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open file: %s\n", xresources);
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	char buffer[XR_BUFFER];
+
+	char colors[2][8];
+	int clr_i=0;
+
+	char *arr[2];
+
+	for (int i=0; i<4; i++) {
+		fgets(buffer, sizeof(buffer), f);
+
+		if (i <= 1) continue;
+
+		arr[0] = strtok(buffer, "#");
+		arr[1] = strtok(NULL, "#\n");
+
+		strncpy(colors[clr_i++], arr[1], 7);
+	}
+
+	strcpy(a->text_color, colors[0]);
+	strcpy(a->border_color, colors[0]);
+	strcpy(a->bg_color, colors[1]);
+
+	fclose(f);
+}
+
 static int
 get_width(Display *dpy, XftFont *font, struct alert *a)
 {
@@ -301,6 +335,8 @@
 	if (flock(fd, LOCK_EX) == -1)
 		return 1;
 
+	get_xresources_colors(&a);
+
 	int cmd_lines_len = argc - optind;
 	char **lines = argv + optind;
 
diff -ruN old/sxalert.h new/sxalert.h
--- old/sxalert.h	2026-10-15 02:27:32.357141581 +0300
+++ new/sxalert.h	2026-10-15 02:22:29.877893651 +0300
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef SXALERT_H
 #define SXALERT_H
 
+#define XR_BUFFER 128
+
 struct alert {
 	int duration;
 	char text_color[7];