diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ef43ef4..b8e245c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-PREFIX ?= /usr/local
+PREFIX ?= ${HOME}/.local
 CC ?= cc
 LDFLAGS = -lX11
 
diff --git a/dwmblocks.c b/dwmblocks.c
index 8ed7575..27219c5 100644
--- a/dwmblocks.c
+++ b/dwmblocks.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ void getsigcmds(unsigned int signal);
 void setupsignals();
 void sighandler(int signum);
 int getstatus(char *str, char *last);
+void remove_all(char *str, char to_remove);
 void statusloop();
 void termhandler();
 void pstdout();
@@ -57,6 +58,19 @@ static char button[] = "\0";
 static int statusContinue = 1;
 static int returnStatus = 0;
 
+void remove_all(char *str, char to_remove){
+	char *read = str;
+	char *write = str;
+	while(*read) {
+		if (*read == to_remove) {
+			read++;
+			*write = *read;
+		}
+		read++;
+		write++;
+	}
+}
+
 //opens process *cmd and stores output in *output
 void getcmd(const Block *block, char *output)
 {
@@ -83,6 +97,7 @@ void getcmd(const Block *block, char *output)
 		return;
 	int i = strlen(block->icon);
 	fgets(output+i, CMDLENGTH-i-delimLen, cmdf);
+	remove_all(output, '\n');
 	i = strlen(output);
 	if (i == 0) {
 		//return if block and command output are both empty