diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index ca57909..cec649f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2413,15 +2413,10 @@ get_start_client()
 	eval $LOGFS
 	local irc_client_path='' irc_client_path_lower='' non_native_konvi='' i=''
 	local b_non_native_app='false' pppid='' app_working_name='' file_data=''
-	local b_qt4_konvi='false' ps_l=''
+	local b_qt4_konvi='false' ps_parent=''
 
 	if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL == 'true' ]];then
 		IRC_CLIENT='Shell'
-		if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
-			ps_l=$(ps -l | gawk '($5 == '"$PPID"') {print $NF}')
-			IRC_CLIENT="$IRC_CLIENT ($ps_l)"
-		fi
-		echo $PPID
 		unset IRC_CLIENT_VERSION
 	elif [[ -n $PPID && -f /proc/$PPID/exe ]];then
 		if [[ $B_OVERRIDE_FILTER != 'true' ]];then
@@ -2722,9 +2717,9 @@ get_start_client()
 		else
 			# this should handle certain cases where it's ssh or some other startup tool
 			# that falls through all the other tests
-			ps_l=$(ps -p $PPID --no-headers | gawk '{print $NF}' )
-			if [[ -n $ps_l ]];then
-				IRC_CLIENT=$ps_l
+			ps_parent=$(ps -p $PPID --no-headers 2>/dev/null | gawk '{print $NF}' )
+			if [[ -n $ps_parent ]];then
+				IRC_CLIENT=$ps_parent
 			else
 				IRC_CLIENT="PPID=\"$PPID\" - empty?"
 			fi