diff --git a/irssi.conf b/irssi.conf
index 5d30dfd0..e4c35b8b 100644
--- a/irssi.conf
+++ b/irssi.conf
@@ -64,6 +64,5 @@ aliases = {
   CHAT = "dcc chat";
   RUN = "SCRIPT LOAD";
   UPTIME = "eval exec - expr `date +%s` - \\$F | awk '{print \"Irssi uptime: \"int(\\\\\\$1/3600/24)\"d \"int(\\\\\\$1/3600%24)\"h \"int(\\\\\\$1/60%60)\"m \"int(\\\\\\$1%60)\"s\" }'";
-  CALC = "exec - echo $* | bc | awk '{print "$* = "\$1}'";
-";
+  CALC = "exec - echo $* | bc | awk '{print \"$*=\"\\$1}'";
 };