diff --git a/status/kube.sh b/status/kube.sh
index 5e4d26dc..0228d628 100644
--- a/status/kube.sh
+++ b/status/kube.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ show_kube() {
   context_color=$(get_tmux_batch_option "@catppuccin_kube_context_color" "#{thm_red}")
   namespace_color=$(get_tmux_batch_option "@catppuccin_kube_namespace_color" "#{thm_cyan}")
   symbol_enabled=${KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_ENABLE:-false}
-  text=$(get_tmux_batch_option "@catppuccin_kube_text" "#(KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_ENABLE=$symbol_enabled ${TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH}kube-tmux/kube.tmux 250 '$context_color' '$namespace_color')")
+  text=$(get_tmux_batch_option "@catppuccin_kube_text" "#(KUBE_TMUX_SYMBOL_ENABLE=$symbol_enabled \${TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH}kube-tmux/kube.tmux 250 '$context_color' '$namespace_color')")
 
   module=$(build_status_module "$index" "$icon" "$color" "$text")