diff --git a/examples/var_service/ntpd/w_log b/examples/var_service/ntpd/w_log
index 34b19b3..aa36ef1 100755
--- a/examples/var_service/ntpd/w_log
+++ b/examples/var_service/ntpd/w_log
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 cd log/logdir || exit 1
-watch -n2 'w=`ttysize w`; h=`ttysize h`; tail -$((h-3)) current 2>&1 | cut -b0-$((w-2))'
+watch -n2 'w=`ttysize w`; h=`ttysize h`; tail -$((h-3)) current 2>&1 | cut -b1-$((w-2))'