diff --git a/common/.local/libexec/statusbar/sb-cpu b/common/.local/libexec/statusbar/sb-cpu
index e246b3a7..b629b446 100755
--- a/common/.local/libexec/statusbar/sb-cpu
+++ b/common/.local/libexec/statusbar/sb-cpu
@@ -21,23 +21,23 @@ first=true
 IFS='
 '
 for i in $(seq "$n_cpu"); do
-    old_idle=$(echo "$old" | awk -v i="$i" 'NR==i { print $1 }')
-    old_total=$(echo "$old" | awk -v i="$i" 'NR==i { print $2 }')
-    new_idle=$(echo "$new" | awk -v i="$i" 'NR==i { print $1 }')
-    new_total=$(echo "$new" | awk -v i="$i" 'NR==i { print $2 }')
+    eval "$(echo "$old" | awk -v i="$i" 'NR==i { printf "old_idle=%s old_total=%s", $1, $2 }')"
+    eval "$(echo "$new" | awk -v i="$i" 'NR==i { printf "new_idle=%s new_total=%s", $1, $2 }')"
 
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2154
     delta_idle=$((new_idle - old_idle))
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2154
     delta_total=$((new_total - old_total))
+
     percent=$(((delta_total - delta_idle) * 100 / delta_total))
 
-    meter=$(meter_bar "$percent")
+    eval "$(meter_bar "$percent" | awk -F: '{ printf "color=\"%s\" bar=\"%s\"", $1, $2 }')"
 
-    color=$(echo "$meter" | cut -d: -f1)
     if [ "$color" != "$prevcolor" ]; then
         $first || printf "%b" "</span>"
         printf "%b" "<span $color>"
     fi
-    printf "%b" "$(echo "$meter" | cut -d: -f2)"
+    printf "%b" "$bar"
 
     first=false
     prevcolor=$color