diff --git a/status-bar b/status-bar
index a81c7a9..cfab110 100755
--- a/status-bar
+++ b/status-bar
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ DT_SYM=''
 DT_FMT='%a %d %I:%M%p'
 
 status_cpu() {
-  ps -ef | awk '{cpu = cpu + $4} END {print cpu "%"}'
+  ps --no-headers -eo %cpu | awk '{cpu = cpu + $1} END {print cpu}'
 }
 
 status_mem() {