diff --git a/awesome/components/pastel/top-panel.lua b/awesome/components/pastel/top-panel.lua
index 82b23cb..d7802a2 100644
--- a/awesome/components/pastel/top-panel.lua
+++ b/awesome/components/pastel/top-panel.lua
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ top_panel.create = function(s)
    client.connect_signal("focus", change_panel_visibility)
 
    updates_indicator:connect_signal("button::press", function(c, _, _, button)
-         awful.spawn('alacritty -e bash -c "yay ; echo \'\nDone, press any key to exit...\' ; read"')
+         awful.spawn('bash -c "WINIT_X11_SCALE_FACTOR=1 alacritty -e bash -c \"yay ; echo \'\\nDone, press any key to exit...\' ; read\""')
    end)
 
    updates_indicator:connect_signal("mouse::enter", function(c) c:set_bg(theme.bg_normal .. "99") end)