diff --git a/rofi-pass b/rofi-pass
index 90e5ff5..7c68808 100755
--- a/rofi-pass
+++ b/rofi-pass
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ fi
 
 # set help color                                                                                            
 if [[ $help_color == "" ]]; then
-    help_color=$(rofi -dump-xresources | grep 'rofi.color.normal' | awk -F ', ' '{ print $2 }')
+    help_color=$(rofi -dump-xresources | grep 'rofi.color.normal' | awk -F ',' '/,/{gsub(/ /, "", $2); print $2}')
     help_separator_color=${help_color}
 fi