diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/.tmux.conf
index 09673af..383295c 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf
+++ b/.tmux.conf
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ set-option -g window-status-current-bg colour28
 set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
 set -g status-interval 1
 set -g status-right-length 60
-set -g status-right '#(hostname) #[bg=colour21,fg=colour27] #[fg=white]#(uptime | sed "s/.*: //") #[bg=colour18,fg=colour21] #[fg=white]%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
+set -g status-right '#(hostname) #[bg=colour21,fg=colour27] #[fg=white]#(cut -d " " -f 1 /proc/loadavg) #[bg=colour18,fg=colour21] #[fg=white]%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'