diff --git a/home-manager/modules/waybar/default.nix b/home-manager/modules/waybar/default.nix
index 399764f..ff50bba 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/waybar/default.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/waybar/default.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ with lib; let
     ENABLED=" "
     DISABLED=" "
     if [[ ''${COUNT} != 0 ]]; then DISABLED="  ''${COUNT}"; fi
-    if ${pkgs.dunst}/bin/dunstctl is-paused | grep -q "false" ; then echo "''${ENABLED}"; else echo "''${DISABLED}"; fi
+    if ${pkgs.dunst}/bin/dunstctl is-paused | grep -q "false" ; then ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/echo "''${ENABLED}"; else ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/echo "''${DISABLED}"; fi
   '';
 in
 {
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ in
           "custom/now_playing" = {
             exec = "${pkgs.ha-now-playing}/bin/ha-now-playing --host home.datarift.nl --entity media_player.sonos_woonkamer --token-file /run/secrets/ha_now_playing_token";
             exec-on-event = false;
+            escape = true;
             format = " ♪ {}";
             restart-interval = 1;
             return-type = "json";