diff --git a/common/main.cc b/common/main.cc
index a5fa0db..e1bd9ba 100644
--- a/common/main.cc
+++ b/common/main.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ std::string cpu_string( unsigned int cpu_usage_delay, unsigned int graph_lines,
 
   if( graph_lines > 0)
   {
-    oss << "[";
+    oss << " [";
     oss << get_graph_by_percentage( unsigned( percentage ), graph_lines );
     oss << "]";
   }
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int main( int argc, char** argv )
     return EXIT_FAILURE;
   }
 
-  std::cout << mem_string( use_colors ) << ' '
+  std::cout << mem_string( use_colors )
     << cpu_string( cpu_usage_delay, graph_lines, use_colors ) << ' '
     << load_string( use_colors );
 
diff --git a/openbsd/cpu.cc b/openbsd/cpu.cc
index 9af4eb5..fefc215 100644
--- a/openbsd/cpu.cc
+++ b/openbsd/cpu.cc
@@ -42,8 +42,18 @@ float cpu_percentage( unsigned int cpu_usage_delay )
 {
   int cpu_ctl[] = { CTL_KERN, KERN_CPTIME };
 
+  // on 64bit systems KERN_CPTIME gets reported as 64bit
+  // uint. Detect 64bit system and define array to hold the 
+  // stats accordingly.
+  // NOTE: the following test may need to be extended to cover
+  // more 64bit platforms.
+#if __x86_64__ || __ppc64__
+  u_int64_t load1[CPUSTATES];
+  u_int64_t load2[CPUSTATES];
+#else
   u_int32_t load1[CPUSTATES];
   u_int32_t load2[CPUSTATES];
+#endif
 
   size_t size = sizeof( load1 );