diff --git a/examples/Makefile.am b/examples/Makefile.am
index fb95f825..e2b72115 100644
--- a/examples/Makefile.am
+++ b/examples/Makefile.am
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ diskio_SOURCES	  = diskio.c
 diskio_LDADD	  = $(top_builddir)/lib/libgtop-2.0.la
 
 sysinfo_SOURCES		= sysinfo.c
-sysinfo_LDADD		= $(top_builddir)/lib/libgtop-2.0.la -lm
+sysinfo_LDADD		= $(top_builddir)/lib/libgtop-2.0.la
diff --git a/examples/sysinfo.c b/examples/sysinfo.c
index ed6fb162..40eed37a 100644
--- a/examples/sysinfo.c
+++ b/examples/sysinfo.c
@@ -32,10 +32,16 @@
 int
 main (int argc, char *argv [])
 {
-	const glibtop_sysinfo * sysinfo = glibtop_get_sysinfo ();
+   const glibtop_sysinfo * sysinfo;
+
+   glibtop_init();
+
+   sysinfo = glibtop_get_sysinfo ();
 
 	printf ("\nProcessor Model: %s\n", sysinfo->model);
 	printf ("Number of Cores: %d\n\n", sysinfo->ncpu);
 
+   glibtop_close ();
+
 	exit (0);
 }
diff --git a/include/glibtop/sysinfo.h b/include/glibtop/sysinfo.h
index 52e204ff..30598f16 100644
--- a/include/glibtop/sysinfo.h
+++ b/include/glibtop/sysinfo.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct _glibtop_sysinfo
 {
 	guint64	flags;
 	guint64 ncpu;
-   gchar *model;
+	gchar *model;
 	glibtop_entry cpuinfo [GLIBTOP_NCPU];
 };
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/linux/sysinfo.c b/sysdeps/linux/sysinfo.c
index c9a66653..2ebe0ec5 100644
--- a/sysdeps/linux/sysinfo.c
+++ b/sysdeps/linux/sysinfo.c
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ init_sysinfo (glibtop *server)
 
 			if (buf != NULL)
 			{
-				buf+=2;					// we want to look at what's _after_ the ':' 
-				sysinfo.model = buf;
+				/* we want to look at what's _after_ the ':' */
+				buf+=2;
+				sysinfo.model = g_strdup (buf);
 			}
 			break;
 		}