diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index fa46ee84..96d98984 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