diff --git a/dotfiles/fish/.config/fish/functions/now.fish b/dotfiles/fish/.config/fish/functions/now.fish
index 56f9503..11e8731 100644
--- a/dotfiles/fish/.config/fish/functions/now.fish
+++ b/dotfiles/fish/.config/fish/functions/now.fish
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-function now --wraps='date +%a%l:%M%p' --description 'alias now date +%a%l:%M%p'
-  date +%a%l:%M%p $argv; 
+function now --wraps='date +%a%l:%M%p' --wraps=date\ \'+\%a\ \%l:\%M\%p\' --description alias\ now\ date\ \'+\%a\ \%l:\%M\%p\'
+  date '+%a %l:%M%p' $argv; 
 end