diff --git a/bt b/bt
index a3c4ffa..633fee5 100755
--- a/bt
+++ b/bt
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ SCAN_PERIOD=5
 #locations of blacklist and hard coded list of paired devices (watch out, need to modify Makefile as well if you want to change these values and still use make install)
 BLACKLIST=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/bt/blacklist
 PAIRLIST=${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/bt/paired
-actions='turn off\nturn on\npair\nunpair'
+actions="turn off
+turn on
+pair
+unpair"
 
 #Checks for necessary programs to be present. Very unlikely not to be present but let's just err on the safer side.
 for prog in dmenu bluetoothctl awk cat; do
@@ -21,11 +24,10 @@ bt_IDS="$( ( bluetoothctl paired-devices && cat "$PAIRLIST" ) | sort -u | awk '{
 paired_devices="$( ( bluetoothctl paired-devices && cat "$PAIRLIST" ) | sort -u | awk '{for (i=3; i<NF; i++) printf $i " "; print $NF}' )"
 
 disp_devices="$( echo "$paired_devices" | grep -vf "$BLACKLIST"  )"
-#echo disp_devices:"$disp_devices"test
 
 #Don't print empty device list, removes unnecessary empty choice in dmenu
-[ "$disp_devices" = "" ] && choice=$( printf $actions | dmenu -i -p 'What BT action would you like to perform:' )
-[ "$disp_devices" != "" ] && choice=$( printf "%s\n$actions" "$disp_devices" | dmenu -i -p 'What BT action would you like to perform:' )
+[ "$disp_devices" = "" ] && choice=$( echo "$actions" | dmenu -i -p 'What BT action would you like to perform:' )
+[ "$disp_devices" != "" ] && choice=$( echo "$disp_devices" "$actions" | dmenu -i -p 'What BT action would you like to perform:' )
 
 cleanup(){
 	bluetoothctl scan off > /dev/null
@@ -65,8 +67,8 @@ case $choice in
 		cleanup;;
 	"unpair") choice=$( echo "$paired_devices" | dmenu -l 10 -i -p 'remove which paired device?')
 		if [ -n "$choice" ]; then
-			dev_no=$(cat -n /tmp/paired_devices | grep -E "^[0-9]*\tDevice [0-9:].* $choice$" | awk '{print $1}')
-			dev_id=$( echo "$bt_IDS" | nl | grep -E "$dev_no""[[:space:]]" | awk '{print $2}' )
+			dev_no=$( echo "$paired_devices" | nl | grep -P "[0-9]+\t$choice$" | awk '{print $1}')
+			dev_id=$( echo "$bt_IDS" | nl | grep -P "^.*$dev_no\t" | awk '{print $2}' )
 			bluetoothctl remove "$dev_id"
 			#remove device to unpair from hard coded paired devices list
 			new_paired_list="$( grep -v "$dev_id" "$PAIRLIST" )"
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ esac
 
 if [ -n "$choice" ]; then
 	#echo paired_devices: "$( echo "$paired_devices" | nl )"
-	dev_no=$( echo "$paired_devices" | nl | grep -P "[0-9:]+\t$choice$" | awk '{print $1}')
+	dev_no=$( echo "$paired_devices" | nl | grep -P "[0-9]+\t$choice$" | awk '{print $1}')
 	dev_id=$( echo "$bt_IDS" | nl | grep -P "^.*$dev_no\t" | awk '{print $2}')
 	#echo dev_no:"$dev_no"
 	#echo dev_id:"$dev_id"