diff --git a/common/functions.sh b/common/functions.sh
index 66f8d38..1aa8a4f 100644
--- a/common/functions.sh
+++ b/common/functions.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pkgmgr_update(){
 get_system_used_space() {
   usedspace=$(df --output=used -B1 / | tail -n 1| cut -d'%' -f1)
   printf "$COL_RED" "$usedspace"
-  return $usedspace
+  echo $usedspace
 }
 
 human_readable_bytes() {