diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index e7a4110..a72e02f 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -3202,7 +3202,18 @@ get_partition_data_advanced()
 get_ps_data()
 {
 	eval $LOGFS
-	local array_length='' reorder_temp='' i=0
+	local array_length='' reorder_temp='' i=0 head_tail=''
+	
+	# bummer, have to make it more complex here because of reverse sort
+	# orders in output, pesky lack of support of +rss in old systems
+	case $1 in
+		-rss)
+			head_tail='head'
+			;;
+		%cpu)
+			head_tail='tail'
+			;;
+	esac
 	
 	# throttle potential irc abuse
 	if [[ $B_RUNNING_IN_SHELL != 'true' && $PS_COUNT -gt 5 ]];then
@@ -3210,7 +3221,7 @@ get_ps_data()
 	fi
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	# note that inxi can use a lot of cpu, and can actually show up here as the script runs
-	A_PS_DATA=( $( ps aux --sort $1 | grep -v 'inxi' | tail -n $PS_COUNT | gawk '
+	A_PS_DATA=( $( ps aux --sort $1 | grep -Ev "($SCRIPT_NAME|%CPU)" | $head_tail -n $PS_COUNT | gawk '
 	BEGIN {
 		IGNORECASE=1
 		appName=""