diff --git a/plugins/system/systemd_units b/plugins/system/systemd_units
index e7f3960f..33e59115 100755
--- a/plugins/system/systemd_units
+++ b/plugins/system/systemd_units
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ fetch () {
 	for state in $states ; do
 		count=$(echo "$tmp" | grep -c "$state$")
 		echo "$state.value $count"
-		extinfo=$(echo "$tmp" | grep "$state$" | cut -d " " -f 1 | tr -d '\n')
+		extinfo=$(echo "$tmp" | grep "$state$" | cut -d " " -f 1 | tr '\n' ' ')
 		if [ -n "$extinfo" ]; then
 			echo "$state.extinfo" "$extinfo"
 		fi