diff --git a/.scripts/network_utilities.sh b/.scripts/network_utilities.sh
index e976ecd..279a201 100644
--- a/.scripts/network_utilities.sh
+++ b/.scripts/network_utilities.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # network utility functions
 
 # get the ip address of the host
-function get_local_ip() {
-		echo -e "The interfaces and IPs are:\n$(ip -o -4 addr show | awk '/inet 192.168|inet 10.|inet 172.16/ {split($4, a, "/"); print $2 ": " a[1] "\n"}')"
+function get_local_ip() { echo -e "The interfaces and IPs are:\n$(ip -o -4 addr show | awk '/inet 192.168|inet 10.|inet 172.16/ {split($4, a, "/"); print $2 ": " a[1] "\n"}')"
 }
 
 function get_public_ip() {
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ function get_public_ip() {
 }
 
 function is_dns_working() {
-		dns_working=$(ping -c 1 google.com | grep "1 received" | wc -l)
+		dns_working=$(ping -4 -c 1 google.com | grep "1 received" | wc -l)
 		if [ $dns_working -eq 1 ]; then
 				return 0
 		else
@@ -26,8 +25,32 @@ function reconnect_vpn_on_dns_failure() {
 		if ! is_dns_working; then
 				echo "DNS is not working, reconnecting VPN"
 				mullvad reconnect
+				echo $(mullvad status)
+				
 		else
 				echo "DNS is working, no need to reconnect VPN"
 		fi
 }
 
+function check_internet_speed() {
+		# check if user has permissions to /var/log
+		if [ ! -w /var/log ]; then
+				echo "Permissions to /var/log are not available"
+				echo "Resorting to home directory for log file"
+				logfile=~/speedtest.log
+		else
+				echo "Permissions to /var/log are available"
+				logfile=/var/log/speedtest.log
+		fi
+
+		# make sure dns is working properly
+		reconnect_vpn_on_dns_failure
+		
+		# add time and date to logfile
+		echo -e "\n\n$(date)" >> $logfile
+
+		echo "Running speedtest"
+		SpeedTest | tee -a $logfile
+		echo "Speedtest complete"
+}
+
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 3388aaf..d9f2c24 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ bindkey '5D' backward-word
 bindkey '5C' forward-word
 bindkey '^[[3~' delete-char
 
-powerline-config tmux setup
+#powerline-config tmux setup
 
 alias vim=nvim
 alias sudo='sudo '