diff --git a/awesome/battery.lua b/awesome/battery.lua
index 65fc72f..d90e824 100644
--- a/awesome/battery.lua
+++ b/awesome/battery.lua
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ local beautiful = require("beautiful")
 local previous_percent = 0
 
 function batteryInfo()
-    local fd = io.popen('acpi | tail -n 1 | cut -d ":" -f 2 | cut -d "," -f 2 | tr -d "%"')
+    local fd = io.popen('acpi | head -n 1 | cut -d ":" -f 2 | cut -d "," -f 2 | tr -d "%"')
     local percentage = fd:read('*all')
     fd:close()
     return tonumber(percentage)
 end
 
 function isCharging()
-    local _,_,error = os.execute('acpi | grep Discharging')
+    local _,_,error = os.execute('acpi | head -n 1 | grep Discharging')
     return error ~= 0
 end