diff --git a/users/profiles/kitty.nix b/users/profiles/kitty.nix
index 07c4e67..554b15b 100644
--- a/users/profiles/kitty.nix
+++ b/users/profiles/kitty.nix
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@
 
   home.shellAliases = {
     ssh = "kitty +kitten ssh";
-    softsh = "TERM=xterm-256color \ssh"; # https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/issues/72
+    softsh = "TERM=xterm-256color \\ssh"; # https://github.com/charmbracelet/soft-serve/issues/72
   };
 }