diff --git a/wg-watch.sh b/wg-watch.sh
index 37a86444..8648533a 100755
--- a/wg-watch.sh
+++ b/wg-watch.sh
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ main(){
 
 already_running(){
     self=$1;
-    processes=$(pgrep -afl $self);
+    processes=$(pgrep -afl $self|awk '{$1="";print $0}');
     set --;
     for proc in "$processes"; do
         unique=1;