diff --git a/depends.txt b/depends.txt
index 3f49583..117f951 100644
--- a/depends.txt
+++ b/depends.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+hudbars
 default
 animalmaterials?
 bucket?
diff --git a/init.lua b/init.lua
index 2926c36..4389411 100644
--- a/init.lua
+++ b/init.lua
@@ -27,35 +27,17 @@ if set then
 end
 
 local function custom_hud(player)
- local name = player:get_player_name()
-
  if minetest.setting_getbool("enable_damage") then
  --hunger
-       	 player:hud_add({
-		hud_elem_type = "statbar",
-		position = HUD_HUNGER_POS,
-		size = HUD_SIZE,
-		text = "hud_hunger_bg.png",
-		number = 20,
-		alignment = {x=-1,y=-1},
-		offset = HUD_HUNGER_OFFSET,
-	 })
-	local h = hunger.hunger[name]
-	if h == nil or h > 20 then h = 20 end
-	 hunger_hud[name] = player:hud_add({
-		hud_elem_type = "statbar",
-		position = HUD_HUNGER_POS,
-		size = HUD_SIZE,
-		text = "hud_hunger_fg.png",
-		number = h,
-		alignment = {x=-1,y=-1},
-		offset = HUD_HUNGER_OFFSET,
-	 })
+	hb.init_hudbar(player, "saturation")
  end
 end
 
 dofile(minetest.get_modpath("hunger").."/hunger.lua")
 
+-- register saturation hudbar
+hb.register_hudbar("saturation", 0xFFFFFF, "Saturation", { icon = "hunger_icon.png", bar = "hunger_bar.png" }, 20, 20, false)
+
 -- update hud elemtens if value has changed
 local function update_hud(player)
 	local name = player:get_player_name()
@@ -66,7 +48,7 @@ local function update_hud(player)
 		hunger.hunger_out[name] = h
 		-- bar should not have more than 10 icons
 		if h>20 then h=20 end
-		player:hud_change(hunger_hud[name], "number", h)
+		hb.change_hudbar(player, "saturation", h)
 	end
 end
 
diff --git a/textures/hunger_bar.png b/textures/hunger_bar.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c94bf52
Binary files /dev/null and b/textures/hunger_bar.png differ
diff --git a/textures/hud_hunger_fg.png b/textures/hunger_icon.png
similarity index 100%
rename from textures/hud_hunger_fg.png
rename to textures/hunger_icon.png