diff --git a/tmux/.tmux.conf b/tmux/.tmux.conf
index 9f3f965..d5d66d9 100644
--- a/tmux/.tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux/.tmux.conf
@@ -69,4 +69,4 @@ bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf
 	#also lengthen the right side status, by mutch more.
 	set -g status-right-length 60
 	#have the right side status bar display the current battery status and the time/date.
-	set -g status-right 'battery:#(acpi | cut -d ',' -f 2) | %H:%M %d-%m-%y '
+	set -g status-right 'battery:#(acpi | grep -Eo "[0-9]+%" | tr "\n" " " | sed "s/\s\+$//") | %H:%M %d-%m-%y '