1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/.config/polybar/scripts/focus b/.config/polybar/scripts/focus
index b60ef7b..87ee19b 100755
--- a/.config/polybar/scripts/focus
+++ b/.config/polybar/scripts/focus
@@ -40,8 +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`;