diff --git a/api/app.py b/api/app.py
index 92b8655..4c34b43 100644
--- a/api/app.py
+++ b/api/app.py
@@ -200,16 +200,19 @@ def server_stats():
 @app.route('/api/processes')
 def top_processes():
     try:
-        raw = shell("ps aux --sort=-%cpu | awk 'NR>1 && NR<=8{print $2,$3,$4,$11}' | head -7")
+        raw = shell("ps aux --sort=-%mem | awk 'NR>1{print $2,$3,$4,$11}' | grep -v -E '(ps aux|awk |grep |sshd:|bash -c)' | head -7")
         procs = []
         for line in raw.strip().split('\n'):
             parts = line.split(None, 3)
             if len(parts) >= 4:
+                name = parts[3].split('/')[-1][:20]
+                if name in ('ps', 'awk', 'head', 'grep', 'sh', 'bash'):
+                    continue
                 procs.append({
                     'pid': parts[0],
                     'cpu': float(parts[1]),
                     'mem': float(parts[2]),
-                    'name': parts[3].split('/')[-1][:20]
+                    'name': name
                 })
             elif len(parts) == 3:
                 procs.append({
@@ -218,7 +221,7 @@ def top_processes():
                     'mem': float(parts[2]),
                     'name': 'unknown'
                 })
-        return jsonify(procs)
+        return jsonify(procs[:7])
     except Exception as e:
         return jsonify([]), 200