diff --git a/wifi_dmenu.sh b/wifi_dmenu.sh
index e6f71cb..e541068 100755
--- a/wifi_dmenu.sh
+++ b/wifi_dmenu.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ script_name="$(basename "$0")"
 notify-send "$script_name" "Scanning for available networks..."
 
 # cutting the first 9 characters of the nmcli output as it will contain empty fields which will mess up awk parsing
-notify-send "$script_name" "$( nmcli connection up $( nmcli device wifi list | cut --characters=9- | awk '(NR > 1){ print $2}' | sort | uniq | dmenu -i -p "Connect to network: ") 2>&1 )"
+notify-send "$script_name" "$( nmcli connection up $( nmcli device wifi list | cut --characters=9- | awk -F '  ' '(NR > 1){ print $2}' | sort | uniq | dmenu -i -p "Connect to network: ") 2>&1 )"