diff --git a/plugins/other/kvm_cpu b/plugins/other/kvm_cpu
index ca474aef..6aea7688 100755
--- a/plugins/other/kvm_cpu
+++ b/plugins/other/kvm_cpu
@@ -21,18 +21,21 @@ def config(vm_names):
     ''' Print the plugin's config
     @param vm_names : a list of "cleaned" vms' name
     '''
+    percent = len(filter(lambda x: x[0:3] == 'cpu' and x[3] != ' ', open('/proc/stat', 'r').readlines())) * 100
+
     base_config = """graph_title KVM Virtual Machine CPU usage
-graph_vlabel %
+graph_vlabel %%
 graph_category KVM
+graph_scale no
+graph_period second
 graph_info This graph shows the current CPU used by virtual machines
-graph_args --base 1000
-    """
+graph_args --base 1000 -r --lower-limit 0 --upper-limit %d""" % percent
     print base_config
     draw = "AREA"
     for vm in vm_names:
         print "%s_cpu.label %s" % (vm, vm)
-        print "%s_cpu.type GAUGE" % vm
         print "%s_cpu.min 0" % vm
+        print "%s_cpu.type DERIVE" % vm
         print "%s_cpu.draw %s" % (vm, draw)
         print "%s_cpu.info percent of cpu time used by virtual machine" % vm
 	draw = "STACK"
@@ -79,17 +82,9 @@ def fetch(vms):
     ''' Fetch values for a list of pids
     @param dictionnary {kvm_pid: cleaned vm name}
     '''
-    pidx = Popen("top -b -n 1 ", shell=True, stdout=PIPE)
-    res = pidx.communicate()[0].split('\n')
-    for line in res:
-        try:
-            tap = line.split()[0]
-            cpu = line.split()[8]
-            for pid in vms:
-                if tap == pid:
-                    print '%s_cpu.value %s' % (vms[pid], cpu)
-        except:
-            continue
+    for ( pid, name ) in vms.iteritems():
+        ( user, system ) = open("/proc/%s/stat" % pid, 'r').readline().split(' ')[13:15]
+        print '%s_cpu.value %d' % ( name, int(user) + int(system) )
         
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     if len(sys.argv) > 1: