diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 2d5a0b51..1326e8ac 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 screen-profiles (1.47) unreleased; urgency=low
 
-  * UNRELEASED
+  * screen-profiles-status: stop grepping after one match, subtle perf
+    improvement
 
- -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:47:15 -0500
+ -- Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com>  Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:33:53 -0500
 
 screen-profiles (1.46-0ubuntu1) jaunty; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/screen-profiles-status b/screen-profiles-status
index fa3d1f37..2b6ee906 100755
--- a/screen-profiles-status
+++ b/screen-profiles-status
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ P="$1"
 case "$P" in
 	# default = on, user must override to turn off
 	cpu-count|cpu-freq|date|load-average|logo|mem-available|mem-used|menu|reboot-required|release|time|updates-available)
-		grep -qs "^$P=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
+		grep -qs -m1 "^$P=0$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" && exit 0
 	;;
 	# default = off, user must override to turn on
 	arch|battery|ec2-cost|hostname|network-down|network-up|processes|uptime|users|whoami|wifi-quality)
-		grep -qs "^$P=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
+		grep -qs -m1 "^$P=1$" "$HOME/.screen-profiles/status" || exit 0
 	;;
 	*)
 		exit 1