diff --git a/examples/stats.html b/examples/stats.html
index c874606c..4de0311a 100644
--- a/examples/stats.html
+++ b/examples/stats.html
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
     var data = await (await fetch(url.value||(location.origin+'/gun/stats.radata'), {method: 'GET',mode: 'cors'})).json();
     $('#block').text(((br += (+new Date - S)/1000) / ++bt).toFixed(1));
     data.over = (data.over/1000) || 15;
-		$('#stack').text(data.cpu.stack);
+		$('#stack').text((data.cpu||'').stack);
     $('#peers').text(data.peers.count);
 		$('#time').text((data.peers.time / 1000 / 60).toFixed(0));
 		$('#nodes').text(data.node.count);
diff --git a/lib/stats.js b/lib/stats.js
index 161e8ca7..a8488e24 100644
--- a/lib/stats.js
+++ b/lib/stats.js
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Gun.on('opt', function(root){
 		stats.over = S;
 		stats.gap = {};
 
-		exec("top -b -n 1", function(err, out){ out && fs.writeFile(__dirname+'/../stats.top.'+root.opt.file, out, noop) });
+		exec("top -b -n 1", function(err, out){ out && fs.writeFile(__dirname+'/../stats.top.'+(root.opt.file||file), out, noop) });
 	}, 1000 * 15);
 });