diff --git a/byobu-status b/byobu-status
index 8b7557b3..4159d550 100755
--- a/byobu-status
+++ b/byobu-status
@@ -75,10 +75,9 @@ case "$P" in
 		printf "\n"
 		for i in `ls "$DIR"`; do
 			[ "$i" = "menu" ] && continue
-			short=`"$DIR"/$i --short | sed 's/ $//' | sed 's/.{[^}]*}//g' | sed 's/^/\t/g'` || true
+			short=`"$DIR"/$i --short | sed 's/^\s*//' | sed 's/\s*$//' | sed 's/.{[^}]*}//g'` || true
 			detail=`"$DIR"/$i --detail | sed '/^$/d' | sed 's/^/\t/g'` || true
-			printf "%-20s - %s\n" "$i" "$short"
-			[ -n "$short" ] && printf "%s\n" "$short"
+			printf "%-15s (%s)\n" "$short" "$i"
 			[ -n "$detail" ] && printf "%s\n" "$detail"
 		done
 		exit 0