diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index eb7f4b63..6f0f538f 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -590,20 +590,20 @@ getuptime () {
             hours=$((uptime / 3600%24))
             days=$((uptime / 86400))
 
-            days=" $days days,"
-            hours=" $hours hours,"
-            mins=" $mins minutes"
+            days=" $days days"
+            hours=", $hours hours"
+            mins=", $mins minutes"
 
-            days=${days/ 0 days,}
-            days=${days/ 1 days/ 1 day}
+            days=${days/ 0 days}
+            days=${days/, 1 days/, 1 day}
 
-            hours=${hours/ 0 hours,}
-            hours=${hours/ 1 hours/ 1 hour}
+            hours=${hours/, 0 hours}
+            hours=${hours/, 1 hours/, 1 hour}
 
-            mins=${mins/ 0 minutes}
-            mins=${mins/ 1 minutes/ 1 minute}
+            mins=${mins/, 0 minutes}
+            mins=${mins/, 1 minutes/, 1 minute}
 
-            uptime="up${days}${hours}${mins}"
+            uptime="up ${days}${hours}${mins}"
         ;;
     esac