diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 7583b8c0..c76f4b3e 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -1725,7 +1725,7 @@ getbirthday () {
     case "$os" in
         "Linux")
             birthday="$(ls -alct --full-time / | awk '/lost\+found/ {printf  $6 " " $7}')"
-            date_cmd="$(date -d"$birthday" +"$birthday_format")"
+            date_cmd="$(date -d"$birthday" "$birthday_format")"
         ;;
 
         "Mac OS X")