diff --git a/rc.lua b/rc.lua
index 8e33b3b..3a35632 100644
--- a/rc.lua
+++ b/rc.lua
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ for s in screen do
 
 	local clock = widgets.add.clock("clock", ltop)
 
+	widgets.add.text(" (S:" .. s.index .. ") ", lbottom)
 	widgets.add.layout_indicator(lbottom)
 	widgets.add.taglist("tags", lbottom)
 
diff --git a/widgets.lua b/widgets.lua
index 8c18872..24e4072 100644
--- a/widgets.lua
+++ b/widgets.lua
@@ -287,6 +287,14 @@ local function spacerwidget(parent)
 end --}}}
 widgets.add.spacer = spacerwidget
 
+-- manual spacing between widgets
+local function textwidget(text, parent)
+	local newtext = wibox.widget.textbox()
+	newtext:set_text(text)
+	parent.container:add(newtext)
+end --}}}
+widgets.add.text = textwidget
+
 -- change appearance of spacers
 local function spacertext(text)
 	spacer:set_text(text)