diff --git a/bbbmon/meetings.py b/bbbmon/meetings.py
index aa500868979e2c4c17a8306954d9f8a34fdc072c..8f7c7408aec4f0303aded30d406b700125cbbf1b 100644
--- a/bbbmon/meetings.py
+++ b/bbbmon/meetings.py
@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@ def meetings_twolines(config: Config, watch: int, fancy: bool):
                 w = subprocess.run(["w | head -1"], shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
                 w = w.stdout.decode('utf-8').split("load average:")
                 if len(w) != 2:
-                    w="-"
+                    w = 0.0
                 else:
                     w = w[1].strip().split(" ")[0]
                     try:
                         w = float(w.replace(",", "."))
                     except:
-                        w = "-"
+                        w =  0.0
                 lines = [
                     "{}    rec / ses    ppl    mod   vid   mic  ear  lod".format(endpoint.name[:3]),
                     "stats   {:>2} /  {:<2}    {:>3}    {:>3}   {:>3}   {:>3}  {:>3}  {:.1f}"\
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 646886aa8906d09cc6f78e0eba6fab4b1a55cb13..586bd5a0296fce883cf8b419fd679795d34f3169 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "bbbmon"
-version = "0.1.20"
+version = "0.1.21"
 description = "A small CLI utility to monitor bbb usage"
 authors = ["David Huss <david.huss@hfbk-hamburg.de>"]
 maintainers = ["David Huss <david.huss@hfbk-hamburg.de>"]