diff --git a/plugins/system/cpubyuser b/plugins/system/cpubyuser
index d5a42a11..5c1020a7 100755
--- a/plugins/system/cpubyuser
+++ b/plugins/system/cpubyuser
@@ -58,18 +58,12 @@ if [ "$1" = "config" ]; then
 	echo "graph_period second"
 	_USERS="$(for user in $USERS; do clean_fieldname "$user" | tr '\n' ' '; done)"
 	echo "graph_order $_USERS others"
-	FIRSTUSER=1;
 	for USER in $USERS "others"; do
 	        _USER="$(clean_fieldname "$USER")"
 		echo "${_USER}.label $USER"
 		echo "${_USER}.info CPU used by user $USER"
 		echo "${_USER}.type GAUGE"
-		if [ $FIRSTUSER -eq 1 ]; then
-			echo "${_USER}.draw AREA"
-			FIRSTUSER=0
-		else
-			echo "${_USER}.draw STACK"
-		fi
+		echo "${_USER}.draw AREASTACK"
 	done
 	exit
 fi