diff --git a/functions.d/ambient_get_ssid.fish b/functions.d/ambient_get_ssid.fish
index cfc949b..bdc9684 100644
--- a/functions.d/ambient_get_ssid.fish
+++ b/functions.d/ambient_get_ssid.fish
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ function ambient_get_ssid
         if test (uname) = "Darwin"
             set -g ambient_ssid (/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -I | sed -n 's/^ *SSID: //p')
         else
-            set -g ambient_ssid (iw dev | grep ssid | awk '{print $2}')
+            set -g ambient_ssid (iw dev | grep ssid | sed -n 's/^\s*ssid //p')
         end
     end
     echo $ambient_ssid