diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index bcee1b73..eb7f4b63 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -594,7 +594,16 @@ getuptime () {
             hours=" $hours hours,"
             mins=" $mins minutes"
 
-            uptime="up${days/ 0 days,}${hours/ 0 hours,}${mins/ 0 minutes}"
+            days=${days/ 0 days,}
+            days=${days/ 1 days/ 1 day}
+
+            hours=${hours/ 0 hours,}
+            hours=${hours/ 1 hours/ 1 hour}
+
+            mins=${mins/ 0 minutes}
+            mins=${mins/ 1 minutes/ 1 minute}
+
+            uptime="up${days}${hours}${mins}"
         ;;
     esac