diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index bcf454a..1f5406c 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ static const char unknown_str[] = "n/a";
  */
 static const struct arg args[] = {
 	/* function format          argument */
-    { run_command, "🔊%4s | ", "amixer sget Master | awk -F\"[][]\" '/%/ { print $2 }' | head -n1" },
-	{ run_command, "🌞%3s%% | ", "xbacklight -get | awk '{print $1}'" },
+    { run_command, "🔊%4s ", "amixer sget Master | awk -F\"[][]\" '/%/ { print $2 }' | head -n1" },
+	{ run_command, "🌞%3s%% ", "xbacklight -get | awk '{print $1}'" },
 	{ cpu_perc, "🤖%s%% ", NULL	      },
 	{ ram_perc, "🎚 %s%% ", NULL	      },
 //	{ netspeed_tx, " %s ^ ", "wlan0"    },