diff --git a/.local/libexec/statusbar/sb-cpu b/.local/libexec/statusbar/sb-cpu
index 7b66909d8..5b3828403 100755
--- a/.local/libexec/statusbar/sb-cpu
+++ b/.local/libexec/statusbar/sb-cpu
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ temp=$(sensors | awk '/CPU/ {printf ("%.f°C", $2)}' | tr -d "+")
 stats=$(awk '/cpu[0-9]+/ {printf "%d %d %d\n", substr($1,4), ($2 + $3 + $4 + $5), $5 }' /proc/stat 2>/dev/null)
 [ ! -f $cache ] && echo "$stats" >"$cache"
 old=$(cat "$cache")
-printf "%b" " $temp"
+printf "%b" "  $temp"
 
 first=true
 echo "$stats" | while read -r row; do