diff --git a/lib/termsupport.zsh b/lib/termsupport.zsh
index 80319e1a8..5f2fe63d4 100644
--- a/lib/termsupport.zsh
+++ b/lib/termsupport.zsh
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ function omz_termsupport_preexec {
   emulate -L zsh
   setopt extended_glob
   local CMD=${1[(wr)^(*=*|sudo|ssh|rake|-*)]} #cmd name only, or if this is sudo or ssh, the next cmd
-  local LINE="${2:gs/$/\\$}"
-  LINE="${LINE:gs/%/%%}"
-  title "$CMD" "%100>...>$LINE%<<"
+  local LINE="${2:gs/%/%%}"
+  title '$CMD' '%100>...>$LINE%<<'
 }
 
 autoload -U add-zsh-hook