diff --git a/gluon/gluon-alfred/Makefile b/gluon/gluon-alfred/Makefile
index 80160f1..53bf264 100644
--- a/gluon/gluon-alfred/Makefile
+++ b/gluon/gluon-alfred/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 define Package/gluon-alfred
   SECTION:=gluon
   CATEGORY:=Gluon
-  DEPENDS:=+gluon-core +gluon-node-info +gluon-cron +alfred +ethtool
+  DEPENDS:=+gluon-core +gluon-node-info +gluon-cron +alfred +ethtool +luci-lib-json +luci-lib-core
   TITLE:=Configure alfred
 endef
 
diff --git a/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/alfred/announce.lua b/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/alfred/announce.lua
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..d088426
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/alfred/announce.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+#!/usr/bin/lua
+
+local json = require "luci.json"
+local ltn12 = require "luci.ltn12"
+local util = require "luci.util"
+
+require "luci.model.uci"
+local uci = luci.model.uci.cursor()
+
+local alfred_data_type = tonumber(os.getenv("ALFRED_DATA_TYPE")) or 158
+local net_if = os.getenv("NET_IF") or "br-client"
+
+function readAll(file)
+    local f = io.open(file, "rb")
+    local content = f:read("*all")
+    f:close()
+    return content
+end
+
+function chomp(s)
+  return (s:gsub("^(.-)\n?$", "%1"))
+end
+
+function trim(s)
+  return (s:gsub("^%s*(.-)%s*$", "%1"))
+end
+
+output = {}
+
+output["hostname"] = uci:get_first("system", "system", "hostname")
+
+if uci:get_first("gluon-node-info", "location", "share_location", false) then
+  output["location"] =
+    { latitude = tonumber(uci:get_first("gluon-node-info", "location", "latitude"))
+    , longitude = tonumber(uci:get_first("gluon-node-info", "location", "longitude"))
+    }
+end
+
+local contact = uci:get_first("gluon-node-info", "owner", "contact", "")
+if contact ~= "" then
+  output["owner"] = { contact = contact }
+end
+
+output["software"] =
+  { firmware = { base = "gluon-" .. chomp(readAll("/lib/gluon/gluon-version"))
+               , release = chomp(readAll("/lib/gluon/release"))
+               }
+  }
+
+local autoupdater = uci:get_all("autoupdater", "settings")
+if autoupdater then
+  output["software"]["autoupdater"] =
+    { branch = autoupdater["branch"]
+    , enabled = uci:get_bool("autoupdater", "settings", "enabled")
+    }
+end
+
+local fastd = uci:get_all("fastd", "mesh_vpn")
+if fastd then
+  output["software"]["fastd"] =
+    { enabled = uci:get_bool("fastd", "mesh_vpn", "enabled")
+    , version = chomp(util.exec("fastd -v | cut -d' ' -f2"))
+    }
+end
+
+output["hardware"] =
+  { model = chomp(util.exec(". /lib/gluon/functions/model.sh; get_model")) }
+
+
+local addresses = {}
+local tmp = util.exec("ip -o -6 addr show dev \"" .. net_if .. "\" | "
+                   .. "grep -oE 'inet6 [0-9a-fA-F:]+' | cut -d' ' -f2")
+
+for address in tmp:gmatch("[^\n]+") do
+  table.insert(addresses, address)
+end
+
+output["network"] =
+  { mac = chomp(util.exec(". /lib/gluon/functions/sysconfig.sh; sysconfig primary_mac"))
+  , addresses = addresses
+  }
+
+local gateway =
+  chomp(util.exec("batctl -m bat0 gateways | awk '/^=>/ { print $2 }'"))
+
+if gateway ~= "" then
+  output["network"]["gateway"] = gateway
+end
+
+local traffic = {}
+local ethtool = util.exec("ethtool -S bat0")
+for k, v in ethtool:gmatch("([%a_]+): ([0-9]+)") do
+  traffic[k] = v
+end
+
+for _,class in ipairs({"rx", "tx", "forward", "mgmt_rx", "mgmt_tx"}) do
+  traffic[class] =
+    { bytes = traffic[class .. "_bytes"]
+    , packets = traffic[class]
+    }
+
+  if class == "tx" then
+    traffic[class]["dropped"] = traffic[class .. "_dropped"]
+  end
+end
+
+output["statistics"] =
+  { uptime = chomp(util.exec("cut -d' ' -f1 /proc/uptime"))
+  , loadavg = chomp(util.exec("cut -d' ' -f1 /proc/loadavg"))
+  , traffic = traffic
+  }
+
+encoder = json.Encoder(output)
+alfred = io.popen("alfred -s " .. tostring(alfred_data_type), "w")
+ltn12.pump.all(encoder:source(), ltn12.sink.file(alfred))
+
+ 
diff --git a/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/alfred/announce.sh b/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/alfred/announce.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 0fa185a..0000000
--- a/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/alfred/announce.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-if [ -f /lib/functions/jshn.sh ]; then
-	. /lib/functions/jshn.sh
-elif [ -f /usr/share/libubox/jshn.sh ]; then
-	. /usr/share/libubox/jshn.sh
-else
-	echo "Error: jshn.sh not found!"
-	exit 1
-fi
-
-. /lib/gluon/functions/model.sh
-. /lib/gluon/functions/sysconfig.sh
-
-# set defaults
-[ -z "$ALFRED_DATA_TYPE" ] && ALFRED_DATA_TYPE=158
-[ -z "$NET_IF" ] && NET_IF=br-client
-
-set -e
-
-json_init
-json_add_string "hostname" "$(uci get 'system.@system[0].hostname')"
-
-if [ "$(uci -q get 'gluon-node-info.@location[0].share_location')" = 1 ]; then
-json_add_object "location"
-	json_add_double "latitude" "$(uci get 'gluon-node-info.@location[0].latitude')"
-	json_add_double "longitude" "$(uci get 'gluon-node-info.@location[0].longitude')"
-json_close_object # location
-fi
-
-if [ -n "$(uci -q get 'gluon-node-info.@owner[0].contact')" ]; then
-json_add_object "owner"
-	json_add_string "contact" "$(uci get 'gluon-node-info.@owner[0].contact')"
-json_close_object # owner
-fi
-
-json_add_object "software"
-	json_add_object "firmware"
-		json_add_string "base" "gluon-$(cat /lib/gluon/gluon-version)"
-		json_add_string "release" "$(cat /lib/gluon/release)"
-	json_close_object # firmware
-
-	if [ -x /usr/sbin/autoupdater ]; then
-	json_add_object "autoupdater"
-		json_add_string "branch" "$(uci -q get autoupdater.settings.branch)"
-		json_add_boolean "enabled" "$(uci -q get autoupdater.settings.enabled)"
-	json_close_object # autoupdater
-	fi
-
-	if [ -x /usr/bin/fastd ]; then
-	json_add_object "fastd"
-		json_add_string "version" "$(fastd -v | cut -d' ' -f2)"
-		json_add_boolean "enabled" "$(uci -q get fastd.mesh_vpn.enabled)"
-	json_close_object # fastd
-	fi
-json_close_object # software
-
-json_add_object "hardware"
-	json_add_string "model" "$(get_model)"
-json_close_object # hardware
-
-json_add_object "network"
-	json_add_string "mac"   "$(sysconfig primary_mac)"
-	json_add_array "addresses"
-		for addr in $(ip -o -6 addr show dev "$NET_IF" | grep -oE 'inet6 [0-9a-fA-F:]+' | cut -d' ' -f2); do
-			json_add_string "" "$addr"
-		done
-	json_close_array # adresses
-
-	GATEWAY="$(batctl -m bat0 gateways | awk '/^=>/ { print $2 }')"
-	[ -z "$GATEWAY" ] || json_add_string "gateway" "$GATEWAY"
-json_close_object # network
-
-json_add_object "statistics"
-	json_add_int "uptime" "$(cut -d' ' -f1 /proc/uptime)"
-	json_add_double "loadavg" "$(cut -d' ' -f1 /proc/loadavg)"
-	json_add_object "traffic"
-		TRAFFIC="$(ethtool -S bat0 | sed -e 's/^ *//')"
-		for class in rx tx forward mgmt_rx mgmt_tx; do
-		json_add_object "$class"
-			json_add_int "bytes" "$(echo "$TRAFFIC" | awk -F': ' "/^${class}_bytes:/ { print \$2 }")"
-			json_add_int "packets" "$(echo "$TRAFFIC" | awk -F': ' "/^${class}:/ { print \$2 }")"
-			if [ "$class" = "tx" ]; then
-				json_add_int "dropped" "$(echo "$TRAFFIC" | awk -F': ' "/^${class}_dropped:/ { print \$2 }")"
-			fi
-		json_close_object # $class
-		done
-	json_close_object # traffic
-json_close_object # statistics
-
-json_dump | tr -d '\n' | alfred -s "$ALFRED_DATA_TYPE"
diff --git a/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/cron/alfred b/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/cron/alfred
index f9bde2f..6ddfe74 100644
--- a/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/cron/alfred
+++ b/gluon/gluon-alfred/files/lib/gluon/cron/alfred
@@ -1 +1 @@
-* * * * * /lib/gluon/alfred/announce.sh
+* * * * * /lib/gluon/alfred/announce.lua