diff --git a/birthdays.sh b/birthdays.sh
index 361b6e6..13b74d3 100755
--- a/birthdays.sh
+++ b/birthdays.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ readarray lines < "$conf_file"
 for i in "${lines[@]}"; do
     days=$(( 10#$(date -d "$( cut -f 1 <<< "$i" )" +%j 2>/dev/null || echo 59) - 10#$(date +%j) ))
     if  [ 0 -le "$days" ] && [ "$days" -le "$days_left" ];then
-	if [ "$days" -le $((days_left / 2)) ] && [ ! "$days" -le 7 ];then
-	    echo -e "\033[33m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\033[m"
-	elif [ "$days" -le 7 ];then
-	    echo -e "\033[31m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\033[m"
-	else
-	    echo -e "\033[32m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\033[m"
-	fi
+        if [ "$days" -le $((days_left / 2)) ] && [ ! "$days" -le 7 ];then
+            echo -e "\\033[33m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\\033[m"
+        elif [ "$days" -le 7 ];then
+            echo -e "\\033[31m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\\033[m"
+        else
+            echo -e "\\033[32m$( cut -f 2- <<< "$i" ) in $days days\\033[m"
+        fi
     fi
 done