diff --git a/src/main/appBadge.ts b/src/main/appBadge.ts
index 602c14ab..40b68c6b 100644
--- a/src/main/appBadge.ts
+++ b/src/main/appBadge.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import { app, NativeImage, nativeImage } from "electron";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { BADGE_DIR } from "shared/paths";
-import { exec } from "child_process";
+import { execFile } from "child_process";
 
 const imgCache = new Map<number, NativeImage>();
 function loadBadge(index: number) {
@@ -25,18 +25,31 @@ let lastIndex: null | number = -1;
 export function setBadgeCount(count: number) {
     switch (process.platform) {
         case "linux":
-            if (count === -1) count = 0;
-            // app.setBadgeCount(count);
+            if (typeof count !== "number") { //sanitize
+                console.log("what the hel- *kaboom*") 
+                break;
+            }
             
             function emitDBusBadge(count: number, visible: boolean) {
-                const badgeCountCommand = `gdbus emit --session --object-path / --signal com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry.Update "application://vesktop.desktop" "{'count': <int64 ${count}>, 'count-visible': <${visible}>}"`;
-                exec(badgeCountCommand)
+                execFile ("gdbus", [
+                    "emit",
+                    "--session",
+                    "--object-path",
+                    "/",
+                    "--signal",
+                    "com.canonical.Unity.LauncherEntry.Update",
+                    "application://vesktop.desktop",
+                    `{\'count\': <int64 ${count}>, \'count-visible\': <${visible}>}`
+                ]);
             }
-
             if (count === 0) {
                 emitDBusBadge(count, false);
                 break;
             }
+            if (count === -1) {
+                emitDBusBadge(0, true);
+                break;
+            }
             emitDBusBadge(count, true);
             break;
         case "darwin":
diff --git a/src/main/mainWindow.ts b/src/main/mainWindow.ts
index 33f5a282..39acec86 100644
--- a/src/main/mainWindow.ts
+++ b/src/main/mainWindow.ts
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ function createMainWindow() {
 
     if (Settings.store.staticTitle) win.on("page-title-updated", e => e.preventDefault());
     else if (Settings.store.appBadge) mainWin.webContents.on('page-title-updated', (_, title) => {
-        let cleanedTitle = title.replace(/^\(\d+\)\s*/, '');
+        let cleanedTitle = title.replace(/^\(\d+\)\s*|•\s/, '');
         mainWin.setTitle(cleanedTitle);    
     });