diff --git a/bin/mw b/bin/mw
index c7a5c62..9bf00c3 100755
--- a/bin/mw
+++ b/bin/mw
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 command -V gpg >/dev/null 2>&1 && GPG="gpg" || GPG="gpg2"
 [ -z ${PASSWORD_STORE_DIR+x} ] && PASSWORD_STORE_DIR="$HOME/.password-store"
 [ -r "$PASSWORD_STORE_DIR/.gpg-id" ] &&
-    "$GPG" --list-secret-keys "$(cat "$PASSWORD_STORE_DIR/.gpg-id")" >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
+    "$GPG" --list-secret-keys $(cat "$PASSWORD_STORE_DIR/.gpg-id") >/dev/null 2>&1 || {
         printf "\`pass\` must be installed and initialized to encrypt passwords.\\nBe sure it is installed and run \`pass init <yourgpgemail>\`.\\nIf you don't have a GPG public private key pair, run \`%s --full-gen-key\` first.\\n" "$GPG"
         exit
     }