diff --git a/.config/polybar/scripts/network_usage b/.config/polybar/scripts/network_usage
index b417aae..07dfbbd 100755
--- a/.config/polybar/scripts/network_usage
+++ b/.config/polybar/scripts/network_usage
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ while true; do
         bits_in=$((((current_bytes_in-last_value_in) / REFRESH) * 8))
         bits_out=$((((current_bytes_out-last_value_out) / REFRESH) * 8))
 
-        output=$(LANG=C numfmt --to iec --format "%8.2f" -z "$bits_in" "$bits_out" 2>/dev/null)
+        output=$(LANG=C numfmt --to iec --format "%8.2f" "$bits_in" "$bits_out" \
+                 | tr -d "\n" 2>/dev/null)
 
         if ! echo "$output" | grep -qE '[0-9]{1,3}\.[0-9]{1,3}([K,M,G,B])?$'; then
             output="  0.01  0.01"