diff --git a/screenfetch-dev b/screenfetch-dev
index f538836..3ce0f55 100755
--- a/screenfetch-dev
+++ b/screenfetch-dev
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ detectmem () {
 		used_mem=$(($round_mem - $avail_mem))
 		usedmem=$(($used_mem / ($human * $human) ))
 	elif [ "$distro" == "OpenBSD" ]; then
-		totalmem=`dmesg | grep 'real mem' | cut -d' ' -f5 | tr -d '()MB'`
+		totalmem=$(dmesg | grep 'real mem' | cut -d' ' -f5 | tr -d '()MB')
 		usedmem=$(top -1 1 | awk '/Real:/ {print $3}' | sed 's/M.*//')
 	elif [ "$distro" == "NetBSD" ]; then
 		phys_mem=$(awk '/MemTotal/ { print $2 }' /proc/meminfo)