diff --git a/sources/ptm/contents/code/dataengine.py b/sources/ptm/contents/code/dataengine.py
index d389e97..1209782 100644
--- a/sources/ptm/contents/code/dataengine.py
+++ b/sources/ptm/contents/code/dataengine.py
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ class DataEngine:
             elif (sourceName == "ps"):
                 updatedData['name'] = "ps"
                 updatedData['value'] = {}
-                updatedData['value']['num'] = data[QString(u'psCount')]
-                updatedData['value']['total'] = data[QString(u'psTotal')]
+                updatedData['value']['num'] = "%i" % (data[QString(u'psCount')])
+                updatedData['value']['total'] = "%i" % (data[QString(u'psTotal')])
                 updatedData['value']['list'] = data[QString(u'ps')]
             elif (sourceName == "mem/swap/free"):
                 updatedData['name'] = "swap"
diff --git a/sources/ptm/contents/code/main.py b/sources/ptm/contents/code/main.py
index 9553dbc..cc53231 100644
--- a/sources/ptm/contents/code/main.py
+++ b/sources/ptm/contents/code/main.py
@@ -558,11 +558,9 @@ class pyTextWidget(plasmascript.Applet):
                 line = line.split('$title')[0] + text['title'] + line.split('$title')[1]
         elif (name == "ps"):
             if (line.split('$pscount')[0] != line):
-                ps = "%i" % (text['num'])
-                line = line.split('$pscount')[0] + ps + line.split('$pscount')[1]
+                line = line.split('$pscount')[0] + text['num'] + line.split('$pscount')[1]
             if (line.split('$pstotal')[0] != line):
-                ps = "%i" % (text['total'])
-                line = line.split('$pstotal')[0] + ps + line.split('$pstotal')[1]
+                line = line.split('$pstotal')[0] + text['total'] + line.split('$pstotal')[1]
             if (line.split('$ps')[0] != line):
                 line = line.split('$ps')[0] + text['list'] + line.split('$ps')[1]
         elif (name == "time"):