diff --git a/kakoune/.config/kak/kakrc b/kakoune/.config/kak/kakrc
index 5cf00cb..1640890 100644
--- a/kakoune/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/kakoune/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -124,17 +124,17 @@ define-command -override git-hide-diff %{
 
 define-command -override ctags-file-symbols %{
     prompt -menu -shell-script-candidates %{
-        ctags -uo - -x $kak_buffile | awk '{ print $1 ":" $2 ":" $3 }'
+        ctags -uo - -x "$kak_buffile" | awk '{ print $1, $2, $3 }'
     } 'File symbols: ' %{
-        evaluate-commands %sh{ printf '%s\n' $kak_text | awk -F ':' '{ print "execute-keys", $3, "g", "/\\b" $1 "\\b<ret>" }' }
+        evaluate-commands %sh{ printf '%s\n' "$kak_text" | awk '{ print "execute-keys", $3, "g", "/\\b" $1 "\\b<ret>" }' }
     }
 }
 
 define-command -override ctags-project-symbols %{
     prompt -menu -shell-script-candidates %{
-        git ls-files | xargs ctags -uo - -x | awk '{ print $1 ":" $2 ":" $3 ":" $4 }'
+        git ls-files | xargs ctags -uo - -x | awk '{ print $1, $2, $3, $4 }'
     } 'Project symbols: ' %{
-        evaluate-commands %sh{ printf '%s\n' $kak_text | awk -F ':' '{ print "edit --", $4, $3 "; execute-keys /\\b" $1 "\\b<ret>" }' }
+        evaluate-commands %sh{ printf '%s\n' "$kak_text" | awk '{ print "edit --", $4, $3 "; execute-keys /\\b" $1 "\\b<ret>" }' }
     }
 }