diff --git a/bin/uptime b/bin/uptime
index b1c5db67..f785c50c 100755
--- a/bin/uptime
+++ b/bin/uptime
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 u=$(sed "s/\..*$//" /proc/uptime)
 printf "\005{= b}"
 if [ "$u" -gt 86400 ]; then
-	printf "%dd" `echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.1f", $1 / 86400 }'`
+	echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.1fd", $1 / 86400 }'
 elif [ "$u" -gt 3600 ]; then
-	printf "%dh" `echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.1f", $1 / 3600 }'`
+	echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.1fh", $1 / 3600 }'
 elif [ "$u" -gt 60 ]; then
-	printf "%dm" `echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.0f", $1 / 60 }'`
+	echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.0fm", $1 / 60 }'
 else
 	printf "%ds" "$u"
 fi