diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 96d98984..3f9ceb93 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ overwrite_starship_toml() {
             echo "Adding icon [$icon](bg:color_purple fg:color_white) to starship.toml..."
             # Escape special characters in icon variable for sed
             escaped_icon=$(printf '%s\n' "$icon" | sed -e 's/[]\/$*.^[]/\\&/g')
-            sed -i "5i\[ $escaped_icon ](fg:color_white bg:color_purple)\\" ~/.config/starship.toml
+            sed -i "5i\[$escaped_icon](fg:color_white bg:color_purple)\\" ~/.config/starship.toml
         fi
 
     else