diff --git a/NF_pick.sh b/NF_pick.sh
index 67ff725..37a4e11 100755
--- a/NF_pick.sh
+++ b/NF_pick.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-F=`dmenu -i -l 18 -fn 'Px437_ATI_SmallW_6x8 NF:style=Book:pixelsize=16:antialias=true' < ~/bin/nflist`
-C=`ls ~/bin/st* |dmenu -l 8 -fn 'Px437_ATI_SmallW_6x8 NF:style=Book:pixelsize=16:antialias=true'`
+F=$(dmenu -i -l 18 -fn 'Px437_ATI_SmallW_6x8 NF:style=Book:pixelsize=16:antialias=true' < ~/bin/nflist)
+C=$(ls ~/bin/st* |dmenu -l 8 -fn 'Px437_ATI_SmallW_6x8 NF:style=Book:pixelsize=16:antialias=true')
 ${C} -f "${F}"