diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/sh.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/sh.kak
index c0d3cc1d..d1e0c208 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/sh.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/sh.kak
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ define-command -params 1.. shell-async-command %{
     nop %sh{
         {
             stdout="$(eval "$@")"
-            printf 'info -title sh "%s"\n' "$stdout" | kak -p "$kak_session"
+            cmd="$(printf 'info -title sh "%s"\n' "$stdout")"
+            | kak -p "$kak_session"
         } >/dev/null 2>&1 </dev/null &
     }
 }