diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 47ed06b..b4f593d 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 #define SETTINGS_UEBERZUG_IMAGE_PREVIEW 1	/* 0 is disabled, 1 is enabled, 2 is with caching; depends on ueberzug */
 #define SETTINGS_RELOAD_DIR_DELTA 10		/* 0 is disabled, time in seconds between automatic refresh of dir contents */
 #define SETTINGS_CURSES_TIMEOUT 100		/* read: inopts(3NCURSES), blocking time between user inputs */
-#define SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR "%"	/* if a command in any cmd inside this fle contains this string, it will be replaced with the hovered/selected file name
-						 * as of right now, this character cannot be escaped; i.e ``command\% --arg`` will parse into ``command\path_of_hovered_file --arg``*/
+#define SETTINGS_COMMAND_REPLACE_STR "^"	/* if a command in any cmd inside this fle contains this string, it will be replaced with the hovered/selected file name
+						 * as of right now, this character cannot be escaped; i.e ``command\^ --arg`` will parse into ``command\path_of_hovered_file --arg``*/
 
 /* {{{ */
 #ifndef CONFIG_GUARD
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ static const mimetype mimetype_default_cmd[] = {
 	* gives us "image/gif", thusly if we want to open gif in mpv rather than feh,
 	* we need to define "gif" before "image" */
 	{ "text",	"$EDITOR"						},
-	{ "avif",	"nohup mpv % >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
-	{ "gif",	"nohup mpv --loop-file=\"inf\" % >/dev/null 2>&1 &"	},
-	{ "image",	"feh % >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
-	{ "video",	"nohup mpv % >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
+	{ "avif",	"nohup mpv ^ >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
+	{ "gif",	"nohup mpv --loop-file=\"inf\" ^ >/dev/null 2>&1 &"	},
+	{ "image",	"feh ^ >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
+	{ "video",	"nohup mpv ^ >/dev/null 2>&1 &"				},
 	{ "audio",	"mpv"							},
 	{ "pdf",	"zathura"						},
 };
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ static const extension file_extension_default_cmd[] = {
 	 * similar to mimetype_default_cmd, however it searches for exact string matches
 	 * and is checked before mimetype_default_cmd */
 	{ ".exe",	"wine"},
-	{ ".cbz",	"mcomix % &"},
-	{ ".cbr",	"mcomix % &"},
+	{ ".cbz",	"mcomix ^ &"},
+	{ ".cbr",	"mcomix ^ &"},
 	{ ".json",	"$EDITOR"},
 	{ ".csv",	"$EDITOR"},
 	{ ".blend",	"blender-bin-5.0.0"}, /* version number in bin in main repo? yea idc */