diff --git a/bin/omarchy-tui-install b/bin/omarchy-tui-install
index 121ce940..1b373f6f 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-tui-install
+++ b/bin/omarchy-tui-install
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cat >"$DESKTOP_FILE" <<EOF
 Version=1.0
 Name=$APP_NAME
 Comment=$APP_NAME
-Exec=$TERMINAL --class $APP_CLASS -e $APP_EXEC
+Exec=\$TERMINAL --class $APP_CLASS -e $APP_EXEC
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Icon=$ICON_PATH