diff --git a/src/rpi-cpu2mqtt.py b/src/rpi-cpu2mqtt.py
index fb5c8e6..cbab306 100644
--- a/src/rpi-cpu2mqtt.py
+++ b/src/rpi-cpu2mqtt.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ def check_cpu_load():
 		# bash command to get cpu load from uptime command
 		p = subprocess.Popen("uptime", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
 		cores = subprocess.Popen("nproc", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
-		cpu_load = str(p).split("average:")[1].split(",")[0].replace(' ', '').replace(',', '.')
+		cpu_load = str(p).split("average:")[1].split(", ")[0].replace(' ', '').replace(',', '.')
 		cpu_load = float(cpu_load)/int(cores)*100
 		cpu_load = round(float(cpu_load), 1)
 		return cpu_load