diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index adbdb11..3a77629 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -3038,6 +3038,7 @@ get_sensors_data()
 		# there are some guesses here, and we will need a lot more data of
 		# different systems before this can be trusted much. Note that there 
 		# is a hack here to handle cases where search term has 1 or 2 words with space
+		# note: using arrays starting at 1 for all fan arrays to make it easier overall
 		/^(M\/B|MB|SYS) Temp/ {
 			moboTemp=gensub( /\+(.+)/, "\\1", 1, $3 )
 			if ( $4 ~ /C|F/ && tempUnit == "" ){
@@ -3164,10 +3165,10 @@ get_sensors_data()
 			# then the cpu fan speed
 			if ( aFanReal[0] != "" ) {
 				if ( tempFanType == 1 && aFanWorking[1] != "" ) {
-					aFanReal[0]=aFanWorking[1]
+					aFanReal[1]=aFanWorking[1]
 				}
 				else if ( tempFanType == 2 && aFanWorking[2] != "" ) {
-					aFanReal[0]=aFanWorking[2]
+					aFanReal[1]=aFanWorking[2]
 				}
 			}
 			# then set mobo fan if missing