diff --git a/tmux-mem-cpu-load.cpp b/tmux-mem-cpu-load.cpp
index fbd49f7..8819c82 100644
--- a/tmux-mem-cpu-load.cpp
+++ b/tmux-mem-cpu-load.cpp
@@ -316,6 +316,8 @@ std::string load_string( bool use_colors )
       oss << avg << " ";
       }
     }
+  std::string load_line( oss.str() );
+  oss.str( "" );
 
 #else // Linux
   std::ifstream loadavg_file( "/proc/loadavg" );