diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 3f492c2b..34564646 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -3442,7 +3442,9 @@ END
         "kitty"*)
             term_font="from kitty.cli import *; o = create_default_opts(); \
                        print(f'{o.font_family} {o.font_size}')"
-            term_font="$(kitty +runpy ''"$term_font"''|sed "s/=//"|sed "s/'//g")"
+            term_font="$(kitty +runpy ''"$term_font"'')"
+            term_font="${term_font//=}"
+            term_font="${term_font//\'}"
         ;;
 
         "konsole" | "yakuake")