diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index b826d47..bfede02 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -1188,7 +1188,8 @@ get_networking_data()
 ## return uptime string
 get_uptime()
 {
-	local up_time=$( uptime | gawk '{ a = gensub(/^.*up *([^,]*).*$/,"\\1","g",$0); gsub(/ /,"",a); print a }' )
+	## note: removing gsub(/ /,"",a); to get get space back in there, goes right before print a
+	local up_time=$( uptime | gawk '{ a = gensub(/^.*up *([^,]*).*$/,"\\1","g",$0); gsub(/ /,"-",a); print a }' )
 	
 	echo "$up_time"
 }