diff --git a/irssi.conf b/irssi.conf
index bfdb3ba7..5d30dfd0 100644
--- a/irssi.conf
+++ b/irssi.conf
@@ -64,5 +64,6 @@ 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 -n '$* = ' && echo 'scale = 3\; $*'|bc";
+  CALC = "exec - echo $* | bc | awk '{print "$* = "\$1}'";
+";
 };