diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index ca87dec..83cdbfc 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ int getprocinfo( int ppid, char cmdline[], char cmd[], char user[] )
 	fgets( str, 1024, fh1);
 	null2space( str );
 	pos = strstr( str, "USER=") +5;
-	sscanf( user, "%s", pos);
+	sscanf( pos, "%s", user);
 	fclose(fh1);
 	return retval;
 }