diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/getmail b/.local/bin/statusbar/getmail
index 2f2da70..554dd8e 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/getmail
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/getmail
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 num=$(find ~/.local/share/mail/*/INBOX/new -type f | wc -l)
-if [ $num != 0 ]; then
-	echo "📬"$num
-else
-	echo ""
-fi
+[ $num != 0 ] && printf "📬%s" "$num"
+printf '\n'
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/news b/.local/bin/statusbar/news
index 667f729..900a2d2 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/news
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/news
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 newsboat -x reload
 num=$( cat /tmp/newsupdate 2>/dev/null || echo "$(newsboat -x print-unread | awk '{ print $1}' | sed s/^0$//g)$(cat ~/.config/newsboat/.update 2>/dev/null)")
-[ "$num" = "" ] || echo 📰$num
+[ "$num" = "" ] || printf "📰%s" "$num"
+printf '\n'