diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index a966d5f..ca87dec 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ int getprocinfo( int ppid, char cmdline[], char cmd[], char user[] )
 	}
 	fgets( str, 1024, fh1);
 	null2space( str );
-	pos = strstr( str, "USER=");
-	sprintf( user, "%s", pos+5);
+	pos = strstr( str, "USER=") +5;
+	sscanf( user, "%s", pos);
 	fclose(fh1);
 	return retval;
 }