diff --git a/dots/bash/.bashrc b/dots/bash/.bashrc
index 097d3ef..f6e65b8 100644
--- a/dots/bash/.bashrc
+++ b/dots/bash/.bashrc
@@ -212,8 +212,8 @@ rshift() {
 # tss aka terminal screen saver
 tss() {
     commands=("aafire -driver curses" "cacafire" "cmatrix -a -b -s -u 5" "unimatrix.py")
-    random_command=${commands[ $RANDOM % ${#commands[@]} ]}
-    "$random_command"
+    random_command="${commands[ $RANDOM % ${#commands[@]} ]}"
+    $random_command
 }
 
 # ---