diff --git a/user/kakoune/colors.nix b/user/kakoune/colors.nix
index ae3f2a8..a86c7ff 100644
--- a/user/kakoune/colors.nix
+++ b/user/kakoune/colors.nix
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ with colors;
       head /dev/urandom |
       base64 |
       rg --text -o "${color.random_range}" |
-      head -n 6 |
-      sd '\n' ""
+      tr -d '\n' |
+      head -c 6
   }
   face global StatusLineMode  StatusLine
   face global StatusLineInfo  StatusLine