diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index f9b0cd85..ae8fd6de 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -3004,14 +3004,14 @@ END
 
         "urxvt" | "urxvtd" | "rxvt-unicode" | "xterm")
             xrdb="$(xrdb -query)"
-            term_font="$(grep -i "${term/d}\**\.*font" <<< "$xrdb")"
+            term_font="$(grep -i "${term/d}"'\**\.*font' <<< "$xrdb")"
             term_font="${term_font/*"*font:"}"
             term_font="${term_font/*".font:"}"
             term_font="${term_font/*"*.font:"}"
             term_font="$(trim "$term_font")"
 
             [[ -z "$term_font" && "$term" == "xterm" ]] && \
-                term_font="$(grep -E '^XTerm.vt100.faceName' <<< "$xrdb")"
+                term_font="$(grep '^XTerm.vt100.faceName' <<< "$xrdb")"
 
             term_font="$(trim "${term_font/*"faceName:"}")"