diff --git a/config/awesome/noodle/mpd_song.lua b/config/awesome/noodle/mpd_song.lua
index fe4b9e1..c0a09da 100644
--- a/config/awesome/noodle/mpd_song.lua
+++ b/config/awesome/noodle/mpd_song.lua
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ local function update_widget()
       end
 
       -- Escape &'s
-      title = title:gsub("%&", "%&")
-      artist = artist:gsub("%&", "%&")
+      title = string.gsub(title, "&", "&")
+      artist = string.gsub(artist, "&", "&")
 
       -- naughty.notify({text = artist .. " - " .. title})
       mpd_title.markup =