diff --git a/share/functions/__fish_print_xdg_mimetypes.fish b/share/functions/__fish_print_xdg_mimetypes.fish
index 79d4dbf21..ec7252f44 100644
--- a/share/functions/__fish_print_xdg_mimetypes.fish
+++ b/share/functions/__fish_print_xdg_mimetypes.fish
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 function __fish_print_xdg_mimetypes --description 'Print XDG mime types'
-    cat {__fish_print_xdg_applications_directories}/mimeinfo.cache ^/dev/null | string match -v '[MIME Cache]' | string replace = \t
+    cat (__fish_print_xdg_applications_directories)/mimeinfo.cache ^/dev/null | string match -v '[MIME Cache]' | string replace = \t
 end