diff --git a/bsd/memory_freebsd.cc b/bsd/memory_freebsd.cc
index cf86e96..23fe67f 100644
--- a/bsd/memory_freebsd.cc
+++ b/bsd/memory_freebsd.cc
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include "getsysctl.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "../luts.h"
-#include "../config.h"
+#include "../conversions.h"
 
 std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false )
 {
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false )
     oss << mem_lut[( 100 * used_mem ) / total_mem];
   }
 
-  oss << MEGABYTES( used_mem ) << '/' << MEGABYTES( total_mem ) << "MB";
+  oss << convert_unit( used_mem, MEGABYTES ) << '/' 
+    << convert_unit( total_mem, MEGABYTES ) << "MB";
 
   if( use_colors )
   {
diff --git a/bsd/memory_openbsd.cc b/bsd/memory_openbsd.cc
index 5de361e..69bdd03 100644
--- a/bsd/memory_openbsd.cc
+++ b/bsd/memory_openbsd.cc
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "getsysctl.h"
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "../luts.h"
-#include "../config.h"
+#include "../conversions.h"
 
 std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false )
 {
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false )
     oss << mem_lut[( 100 * used_mem ) / total_mem];
   }
 
-  oss << MEGABYTES( used_mem ) << '/' << MEGABYTES( total_mem ) << "MB";
+  oss << convert_unit( used_mem, MEGABYTES ) << '/' 
+    << convert_unit( total_mem, MEGABYTES ) << "MB";
 
   if( use_colors )
   {
diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 10a77b9..5268d15 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -22,7 +22,3 @@
 #define tmux_mem_cpu_load_VERSION_PATCH @tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION_PATCH@
 #define tmux_mem_cpu_load_VERSION "@tmux-mem-cpu-load_VERSION@"
 
-// Memory Sizes
-#define KILOBYTES(x) ((x)/1024)
-#define MEGABYTES(x) (KILOBYTES((x))/1024)
-#define GIGABYTES(x) (MEGABYTES((x))/1024)
diff --git a/conversions.h b/conversions.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..701f177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conversions.h
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/* vim: tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 expandtab textwidth=80 linebreak wrap
+ *
+ * Copyright 2012 Matthew McCormick
+ * Copyright 2015 Pawel 'l0ner' Soltys
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+enum
+{
+  BYTES = 0,
+  KILOBYTES = 1,
+  MEGABYTES = 2,
+  GIGABYTES = 3
+};
+
+template <class T>
+inline T convert_unit( T num, int to, int from = BYTES)
+{
+  for(from; from < to; from++)
+  {
+    num /= 1024;
+  }
+  return num;
+}
diff --git a/linux/memory.cc b/linux/memory.cc
index 591310b..9f96b0d 100644
--- a/linux/memory.cc
+++ b/linux/memory.cc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "../luts.h"
-#include "../config.h"
+#include "../conversions.h"
 
 std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false )
 {
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ std::string mem_string( bool use_colors = false )
   // we want megabytes on output, but since the values already come as 
   // kilobytes we need to divide them by 1024 only once, thus we use
   // KILOBYTES
-  oss << KILOBYTES(used_mem) << '/' << KILOBYTES(total_mem) << "MB";
+  oss << convert_unit(used_mem, MEGABYTES, KILOBYTES) << '/' 
+    << convert_unit(total_mem, MEGABYTES, KILOBYTES) << "MB";
 
   if( use_colors )
   {
diff --git a/osx/memory.cc b/osx/memory.cc
index f9ac677..bacad9d 100644
--- a/osx/memory.cc
+++ b/osx/memory.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "../luts.h"
-#include "../config.h"
+#include "../conversions.h"
 
 std::string mem_string( bool use_colors )
 {
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ std::string mem_string( bool use_colors )
     oss << mem_lut[( 100 * used_mem ) / total_mem];
   }
 
-  oss << MEGABYTES(used_mem) << '/' << MEGABYTES(total_mem) << "MB";
+  oss << convert_unit( used_mem, MEGABYTES ) << '/' 
+	<< convert_unit( total_mem, MEGABYTES ) << "MB";
 
   if( use_colors )
   {