diff --git a/.config/conky/gen.sh b/.config/conky/gen.sh
index 011e1a7d..47e7bab0 100755
--- a/.config/conky/gen.sh
+++ b/.config/conky/gen.sh
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ step_text() {
 	local cpuinfo
 	for i in $(seq 1 "$gpl" "$nproc"); do
 		# Generate lines
-		local line="\${color8}"
+		local line
 		for j in $(seq 0 $(( gpl - 1 ))); do
 			# Generate graphs
 			local cpu=$(( i + j ))
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ step_text() {
 			fi
 		done
 		# Trim whitespace
-		line="${line%" "}$color"
+		line="\${color8}${line%" "}\$color"
 		log "Appending line: $line" 2
 		cpuinfo="$cpuinfo$line\n"
 		unset line