diff --git a/src/widgets/proc_other.go b/src/widgets/proc_other.go
index f386a66..da0123c 100644
--- a/src/widgets/proc_other.go
+++ b/src/widgets/proc_other.go
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+const (
+	// Define column widths for ps output used in Processes()
+	five  = "12345"
+	ten   = five + five
+	fifty = ten + ten + ten + ten + ten
+)
+
 func (self *Proc) update() {
 	processes, err := Processes()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -29,33 +36,35 @@ func (self *Proc) update() {
 }
 
 func Processes() ([]Process, error) {
-	output, err := exec.Command("ps", "-wwcaxo", "pid,comm,pcpu,pmem,args").Output()
+	keywords := fmt.Sprintf("pid=%s,comm=%s,pcpu=%s,pmem=%s,args", ten, fifty, five, five)
+	output, err := exec.Command("ps", "-caxo", keywords).Output()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to execute 'ps' command: %v", err)
 	}
+
 	// converts to []string and removes the header
 	strOutput := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(output)), "\n")[1:]
+
 	processes := []Process{}
 	for _, line := range strOutput {
-		split := strings.Fields(line)
-		pid, err := strconv.Atoi(split[0])
+		pid, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(line[0:10]))
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("failed to convert first field to int: %v. split: %v", err, split)
+			log.Printf("failed to convert first field to int: %v. split: %v", err, line)
 		}
-		cpu, err := strconv.ParseFloat(split[2], 64)
+		cpu, err := strconv.ParseFloat(strings.TrimSpace(line[63:68]), 64)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("failed to convert third field to float: %v. split: %v", err, split)
+			log.Printf("failed to convert third field to float: %v. split: %v", err, line)
 		}
-		mem, err := strconv.ParseFloat(split[3], 64)
+		mem, err := strconv.ParseFloat(strings.TrimSpace(line[69:74]), 64)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("failed to convert fourth field to float: %v. split: %v", err, split)
+			log.Printf("failed to convert fourth field to float: %v. split: %v", err, line)
 		}
 		process := Process{
 			PID:     pid,
-			Command: split[1],
+			Command: strings.TrimSpace(line[11:61]),
 			CPU:     cpu,
 			Mem:     mem,
-			Args:    strings.Join(split[4:], " "),
+			Args:    line[74:],
 		}
 		processes = append(processes, process)
 	}