diff --git a/pinxi b/pinxi
index c207891..cfda237 100755
--- a/pinxi
+++ b/pinxi
@@ -36639,7 +36639,7 @@ sub system_item {
 	my $data = {
 	$data_name => [{}],
 	};
-	$index = scalar(@{$data->{$data_name}}) - 1;
+	$index = 0;
 	if ($show{'host'}){
 		$data->{$data_name}[$index]{main::key($num++,0,1,'Host')} = main::get_hostname();
 	}
@@ -36668,7 +36668,6 @@ sub system_item {
 		}
 	}
 	if ($b_admin && (my $params = KernelParameters::get())){
-		# $index = scalar(@{$data{$data_name}}); # not on own line for now
 		# print "$params\n";
 		if ($use{'filter-label'}){
 			$params = main::filter_partition('system', $params, 'label');
@@ -36677,8 +36676,9 @@ sub system_item {
 			$params = main::filter_partition('system', $params, 'uuid');
 		}
 		$data->{$data_name}[$index]{main::key($num++,0,2,'parameters')} = $params;
-		$index = scalar(@{$data->{$data_name}});
+		
 	}
+	$index++;
 	# note: tty can have the value of 0 but the two tools 
 	# return '' if undefined, so we test for explicit ''
 	if ($b_display){