diff --git a/.config/sway/i3status-wrapper b/.config/sway/i3status-wrapper
index a23f63f..7a5365a 100755
--- a/.config/sway/i3status-wrapper
+++ b/.config/sway/i3status-wrapper
@@ -2,13 +2,18 @@
 
 . ~/.profile
 
+# https://stackoverflow.com/a/54547589
+strip() {
+	cat /dev/stdin | sed $'s/\e\\[[0-9;:]*[a-zA-Z]//g'
+}
+
 i3status | while true; do
 	read line
 	json_array="$(echo $line | grep -F [{ | sed -e 's/^,//')"
 	if test -z "$json_array"; then
 		echo "$line"
 	else 
-		zeit_obj='{"name":"zeit","instance":"zeit","markup":"none","full_text":"'"$(zeit tracking)"'"}'
+		zeit_obj='{"name":"zeit","instance":"zeit","markup":"none","full_text":"'$(zeit tracking | strip)'"}'
 		json_array="$(echo $json_array | jq ". |= [$zeit_obj] + .")"
 		echo "$json_array,"
 	fi