diff --git a/ufetch b/ufetch
index f3548a8..97fdfbf 100755
--- a/ufetch
+++ b/ufetch
@@ -6,35 +6,33 @@
 ## INFO
 
 # user is already defined
-HOST=$(hostname)
-OS=$(crux)
-KERNEL=$(uname -sr)
-UPTIME=$(uptime -p | sed s:"up "::)
-PACKAGES=$(pkginfo -i | wc -l)
+HOST="$(hostname)"
+OS="$(crux)"
+KERNEL="$(uname -sr)"
+UPTIME="$(uptime -p | sed s:"up "::)"
+PACKAGES="$(pkginfo -i | wc -l)"
 # shell is already defined
-WM=$(tail -n 1 "${HOME}/.xinitrc" | cut -d " " -f2)
+WM="$(tail -n 1 "${HOME}/.xinitrc" | cut -d " " -f2)"
 
 ## DEFINE COLORS
 
 # probably don't change these
-
-bc=$(tput bold)		# bold
-c0=$(tput setaf 0)	# black
-c1=$(tput setaf 1)	# red
-c2=$(tput setaf 2)	# green
-c3=$(tput setaf 3)	# yellow
-c4=$(tput setaf 4)	# blue
-c5=$(tput setaf 5)	# magenta
-c6=$(tput setaf 6)	# cyan
-c7=$(tput setaf 7)	# white
-rc=$(tput sgr0)		# reset
+bc="$(tput bold)"	# bold
+c0="$(tput setaf 0)"	# black
+c1="$(tput setaf 1)"	# red
+c2="$(tput setaf 2)"	# green
+c3="$(tput setaf 3)"	# yellow
+c4="$(tput setaf 4)"	# blue
+c5="$(tput setaf 5)"	# magenta
+c6="$(tput setaf 6)"	# cyan
+c7="$(tput setaf 7)"	# white
+rc="$(tput sgr0)"	# reset
 
 # you can change these
-
-lc=${bc}${c6}		# labels
-nc=${bc}${c6}		# user and hostname
-tc=${bc}${c7}		# text
-pc=${c6}		# penguin
+lc="${bc}${c6}"		# labels
+nc="${bc}${c6}"		# user and hostname
+tc="${bc}${c7}"		# text
+pc="${c6}"		# penguin
 
 ## OUTPUT
 
diff --git a/ufetch-arch b/ufetch-arch
index 06d0c72..b2d3391 100755
--- a/ufetch-arch
+++ b/ufetch-arch
@@ -6,36 +6,34 @@
 ## INFO
 
 # user is already defined
-HOST=$(hostname)
+HOST="$(hostname)"
 OS="Arch Linux"
-KERNEL=$(uname -sr)
-UPTIME=$(uptime -p | sed s:"up "::)
-PACKAGES=$(pacman -Q | wc -l)
+KERNEL="$(uname -sr)"
+UPTIME="$(uptime -p | sed s:"up "::)"
+PACKAGES="$(pacman -Q | wc -l)"
 # shell is already defined
-WM=$(tail -n 1 "${HOME}/.xinitrc" | cut -d " " -f2)
+WM="$(tail -n 1 "${HOME}/.xinitrc" | cut -d " " -f2)"
 
 ## DEFINE COLORS
 
 # probably don't change these
-
-bc=$(tput bold)		# bold
-c0=$(tput setaf 0)	# black
-c1=$(tput setaf 1)	# red
-c2=$(tput setaf 2)	# green
-c3=$(tput setaf 3)	# yellow
-c4=$(tput setaf 4)	# blue
-c5=$(tput setaf 5)	# magenta
-c6=$(tput setaf 6)	# cyan
-c7=$(tput setaf 7)	# white
-rc=$(tput sgr0)		# reset
+bc="$(tput bold)"	# bold
+c0="$(tput setaf 0)"	# black
+c1="$(tput setaf 1)"	# red
+c2="$(tput setaf 2)"	# green
+c3="$(tput setaf 3)"	# yellow
+c4="$(tput setaf 4)"	# blue
+c5="$(tput setaf 5)"	# magenta
+c6="$(tput setaf 6)"	# cyan
+c7="$(tput setaf 7)"	# white
+rc="$(tput sgr0)"	# reset
 
 # you can change these
-
-lc=${bc}${c6}		# labels
-nc=${bc}${c6}		# user and hostname
-tc=${bc}${c7}		# text
-fc=${bc}${c6}		# first color
-sc=${c6}		# second color
+lc="${bc}${c6}"		# labels
+nc="${bc}${c6}"		# user and hostname
+tc="${bc}${c7}"		# text
+fc="${bc}${c6}"		# first color
+sc="${c6}"		# second color
 
 ## OUTPUT