diff --git a/include/utils.hpp b/include/utils.hpp
index f9f2d9f..4893976 100644
--- a/include/utils.hpp
+++ b/include/utils.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef UTILS_HPP
 #define UTILS_HPP
 
-#include <dirent.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -9,23 +8,23 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <filesystem>
-#include <fstream>
-#include <iomanip>
+#include <format>
 #include <log.hpp>
-#include <sstream>
 #include <string>
+#include <string_view>
 
 #define FILL_CHAR ' '
 
-std::string pNum(double num, uint8_t decs = 0);
-std::string pNum(float num, uint8_t decs = 0);
+// pretty prints num with given decs, 0 by default. its basically a macro so we inline it
+inline std::string pNum(auto num, uint8_t decs = 0) { return std::format("{:.{}f}", num, decs); }
+
 std::string pad(std::string s, uint8_t len, bool ljust = false);
 std::string center(std::string str, uint8_t len);
 std::string pBytes(double bytes, bool isKbytes = false);
 std::string readFile(std::string path, size_t trim = 4096);
 ssize_t readFile2(std::string path, char *buffer, size_t maxlen);
 ssize_t readFile2(const char *path, char *buffer, size_t maxlen);
-int get_val(const std::string &target, const std::string &content);
-std::string getFirstDir(std::string path);
+int get_val(std::string_view target, std::string_view content);
+std::string getFirstDir(std::string_view path);
 
 #endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/utils.cpp b/src/utils.cpp
index 8558cd4..c404c95 100644
--- a/src/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/utils.cpp
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 #include <utils.hpp>
 
-// converts number to string with given decimal places
-std::string pNum(double num, uint8_t decs) {
-    std::stringstream ret;
-    ret << std::fixed << std::setprecision(decs) << num;
-    return ret.str();
-}
-
-std::string pNum(float num, uint8_t decs) {
-    return pNum((double)num, decs);
-}
 
 // pads given string to length
 std::string pad(std::string s, uint8_t len, bool ljust) {
@@ -33,10 +23,9 @@ std::string pBytes(double bytes, bool isKbytes) {
         if (suffix == 'K' && isKbytes) continue;  // skip first loop if already in Kbytes
         bytes /= 1024.0;
         if (bytes < 1024) {
-            uint8_t decs = 2;
-            if (bytes > 10) decs = 1;
-            if (bytes > 100) decs = 0;
-            return pNum(bytes, decs) + suffix;
+            if(bytes > 100) return pNum(bytes) + suffix;
+            if(bytes > 10) return pNum(bytes, 1) + suffix;
+            return pNum(bytes, 2) + suffix;
         }
     }
     return "++++";
@@ -67,21 +56,19 @@ std::string readFile(std::string path, size_t trim) {
     return out.substr(0, len - 1);
 }
 
-int get_val(const std::string& target, const std::string& content) {
+int get_val(std::string_view target, std::string_view content) {
     int result = -1;
     std::size_t start = content.find(target);
     if (start != std::string::npos) {
         int begin = start + target.length();
         std::size_t end = content.find("kB", start);
-        std::string substr = content.substr(begin, end - begin);
-        result = std::stoi(substr);
+        result = std::strtol(content.substr(begin, end - begin).data(), NULL, 10);
     }
     return result;
 }
 
-inline std::string getFirstDir(std::string_view path) {
-    // for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(path))
-        // return entry.path();
-    std::filesystem::directory_iterator(path)[0]; // can i just do that
-    // return "";
+std::string getFirstDir(std::string_view path) {
+    for (const auto& entry : std::filesystem::directory_iterator(path))
+        return entry.path();
+    return "";
 }