diff --git a/share/shpkg/shpkg.subr b/share/shpkg/shpkg.subr
index 5961e08..4167a43 100644
--- a/share/shpkg/shpkg.subr
+++ b/share/shpkg/shpkg.subr
@@ -56,9 +56,9 @@ export LDFLAGS="${LDFLAGS} -L${SHPKG_LIB_DIR}"
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${SHPKG_LIB_DIR}/pkgconfig"
verbose () {
- echo -ne "\e[104m"
+ echo -e -n "\e[104m"
echo "$@"
- echo -ne "\e[0m"
+ echo -e -n "\e[0m"
"$@"
}