diff --git a/bin/uptime b/bin/uptime
index 3e625b23..328e9aa3 100755
--- a/bin/uptime
+++ b/bin/uptime
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ p="uptime"
 grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 
 u=$(sed "s/\..*$//" /proc/uptime)
-printf "\005{=b }"
+printf "\005{= b}"
 if [ "$u" -gt 86400 ]; then
 	printf "%dd" `echo "$u" | awk '{printf "%.0f", $1 / 86400 }'`
 elif [ "$u" -gt 3600 ]; then
diff --git a/bin/users b/bin/users
index 61c7f871..fc8fdaf3 100755
--- a/bin/users
+++ b/bin/users
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@
 p="users"
 grep -qs "^$p=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 
-printf "\005{=b }%d#\005{-} " `who | wc -l`
+printf "\005{= r}%d#\005{-} " `who | wc -l`