diff --git a/panel/polybar/config b/panel/polybar/config
index af479950..32b7f8d3 100644
--- a/panel/polybar/config
+++ b/panel/polybar/config
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ label-empty-padding = 2
 [module/cpu]
 type = internal/cpu
 interval = 2
-format-prefix = ""
+format-prefix = " "
 format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt}
 ; format-underline = #f90000
 label = %percentage:2%%
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ label = %percentage:2%%
 [module/memory]
 type = internal/memory
 interval = 2
-format-prefix = " "
+format-prefix = " "
 format-prefix-foreground = ${colors.foreground-alt}
 ; format-underline = #4bffdc
 label = %percentage_used%%