1 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/.config/polybar/scripts/focus b/.config/polybar/scripts/focus
index 49d46d2..87ee19b 100755
--- a/.config/polybar/scripts/focus
+++ b/.config/polybar/scripts/focus
@@ -17,14 +17,22 @@
 
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use IO::CaptureOutput qw/capture_exec/;
+use Capture::Tiny ':all';
 
-my ($stdout, $stderr, $success, $exit_code) = capture_exec("task custom_focus");
+my ($stdout, $stderr, $exit_code) = capture {
+    system("task custom_focus");
+};
 
 if ($stderr =~ /No matches\./) {
     system 'echo "${SEMESTER_THEME}"';
     exit;
 }
+
+if ($stderr =~ /database is locked/) {
+    system 'echo "${SEMESTER_THEME}"';
+    exit;
+}
+
 my $active_task_maybe = $stdout;
 
 $active_task_maybe =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
@@ -32,8 +40,9 @@ $active_task_maybe =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;
 my @lines = split /\n/, $active_task_maybe;
 
 my $task = $lines[2];
-$task =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g;  # left and right trim
-$task =~ s/\s+/ /g;  # reduce multiple whitespace into one
+$task =~ s/^\s+|\s+$//g; # left and right trim
+$task =~ s/\s+/ /g;      # reduce multiple whitespace into one
+$task =~ s/&/&/g;     # escape ampersands
 
 my $context = `task context | grep yes | cut -d' ' -f1`;