diff --git a/netbsd/NetBSDProcess.c b/netbsd/NetBSDProcess.c
index a6a4d229..a30c1bfa 100644
--- a/netbsd/NetBSDProcess.c
+++ b/netbsd/NetBSDProcess.c
@@ -183,6 +183,12 @@ const ProcessFieldData Process_fields[LAST_PROCESSFIELD] = {
       .flags = 0,
       .pidColumn = true,
    },
+   [PROC_COMM] = {
+      .name = "COMM",
+      .title = "COMM            ",
+      .description = "comm string of the process",
+      .flags = 0,
+   },
 };
 
 Process* NetBSDProcess_new(const Settings* settings) {
@@ -235,7 +241,3 @@ const ProcessClass NetBSDProcess_class = {
    .writeField = NetBSDProcess_writeField,
    .compareByKey = NetBSDProcess_compareByKey
 };
-
-bool Process_isThread(const Process* this) {
-   return Process_isKernelThread(this) || Process_isUserlandThread(this);
-}
diff --git a/netbsd/NetBSDProcess.h b/netbsd/NetBSDProcess.h
index 4b984131..a2647497 100644
--- a/netbsd/NetBSDProcess.h
+++ b/netbsd/NetBSDProcess.h
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ typedef struct NetBSDProcess_ {
    Process super;
 } NetBSDProcess;
 
-#define Process_isKernelThread(_process) (_process->pgrp == 0)
-
-#define Process_isUserlandThread(_process) (_process->pid != _process->tgid)
-
 extern const ProcessClass NetBSDProcess_class;
 
 extern const ProcessFieldData Process_fields[LAST_PROCESSFIELD];
@@ -33,6 +29,4 @@ Process* NetBSDProcess_new(const Settings* settings);
 
 void Process_delete(Object* cast);
 
-bool Process_isThread(const Process* this);
-
 #endif
diff --git a/netbsd/NetBSDProcessList.c b/netbsd/NetBSDProcessList.c
index 91be9549..6058fe80 100644
--- a/netbsd/NetBSDProcessList.c
+++ b/netbsd/NetBSDProcessList.c
@@ -114,15 +114,17 @@ static void NetBSDProcessList_scanMemoryInfo(ProcessList* pl) {
    pl->usedSwap = uvmexp.swpginuse * pageSizeKB;
 }
 
-static char* NetBSDProcessList_readProcessName(kvm_t* kd, const struct kinfo_proc2* kproc, int* basenameEnd) {
+static void NetBSDProcessList_updateProcessName(kvm_t* kd, const struct kinfo_proc2* kproc, Process* proc) {
+   Process_updateComm(proc, kproc->p_comm);
+
    /*
     * Like NetBSD's top(1), we try to fall back to the command name
     * (argv[0]) if we fail to construct the full command.
     */
    char** arg = kvm_getargv2(kd, kproc, 500);
    if (arg == NULL || *arg == NULL) {
-      *basenameEnd = strlen(kproc->p_comm);
-      return xStrdup(kproc->p_comm);
+      Process_updateCmdline(proc, kproc->p_comm, 0, strlen(kproc->p_comm));
+      return;
    }
 
    size_t len = 0;
@@ -133,22 +135,30 @@ static char* NetBSDProcessList_readProcessName(kvm_t* kd, const struct kinfo_pro
    /* don't use xMalloc here - we want to handle huge argv's gracefully */
    char* s;
    if ((s = malloc(len)) == NULL) {
-      *basenameEnd = strlen(kproc->p_comm);
-      return xStrdup(kproc->p_comm);
+      Process_updateCmdline(proc, kproc->p_comm, 0, strlen(kproc->p_comm));
+      return;
    }
 
    *s = '\0';
 
+   int start = 0;
+   int end = 0;
    for (int i = 0; arg[i] != NULL; i++) {
       size_t n = strlcat(s, arg[i], len);
       if (i == 0) {
-         *basenameEnd = MINIMUM(n, len - 1);
+         end = MINIMUM(n, len - 1);
+         /* check if cmdline ended earlier, e.g 'kdeinit5: Running...' */
+         for (int j = end; j > 0; j--) {
+            if (arg[0][j] == ' ' && arg[0][j-1] != '\\') {
+               end = (arg[0][j-1] == ':') ? (j-1) : j;
+            }
+         }
       }
       /* the trailing space should get truncated anyway */
       strlcat(s, " ", len);
    }
 
-   return s;
+   Process_updateCmdline(proc, s, start, end);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -185,16 +195,18 @@ static void NetBSDProcessList_scanProcs(NetBSDProcessList* this) {
          proc->session = kproc->p_sid;
          proc->tty_nr = kproc->p_tdev;
          proc->pgrp = kproc->p__pgid;
+         proc->isKernelThread = proc->pgrp == 0;
+         proc->isUserlandThread = proc->pid != proc->tgid;
          proc->st_uid = kproc->p_uid;
          proc->starttime_ctime = kproc->p_ustart_sec;
          Process_fillStarttimeBuffer(proc);
          proc->user = UsersTable_getRef(this->super.usersTable, proc->st_uid);
          ProcessList_add(&this->super, proc);
-         proc->comm = NetBSDProcessList_readProcessName(this->kd, kproc, &proc->basenameOffset);
+
+         NetBSDProcessList_updateProcessName(this->kd, kproc, proc);
       } else {
          if (settings->updateProcessNames) {
-            free(proc->comm);
-            proc->comm = NetBSDProcessList_readProcessName(this->kd, kproc, &proc->basenameOffset);
+            NetBSDProcessList_updateProcessName(this->kd, kproc, proc);
          }
       }