diff --git a/bin/processes b/bin/processes
index 7d00fdde..08a295db 100755
--- a/bin/processes
+++ b/bin/processes
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ if [ "$1" = "--detail" ]; then
 	exit 0
 fi
 
-printf "\005{= yk}%s&\005{-} " $(ls -d /proc/[0-9]* | wc -l)
+printf "\005{= yk}%s&\005{-} " $(ls -d /proc/[0-9]* 2>/dev/null| wc -l)