diff --git a/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc b/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc
index 84b9c5f..2e0751e 100644
--- a/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc
+++ b/cs677/final/mpi-fractals.cc
@@ -234,7 +234,8 @@ void getSizes(int * rank, int * size, int * nprocs)
     {
         int total_nprocs = 0;
         cout << "Number of cores on each MPI node:" << endl;
-        for (int i = 0; i < *size; i++)
+        int i = (*size > 1) ? 1 : 0;
+        for (; i < *size; i++)
         {
             cout << all_nprocs[i] << " ";
             total_nprocs += all_nprocs[i];