diff --git a/templates/bin/waybar-void-update-checker b/templates/bin/waybar-void-update-checker
index 9ab6307..717f6f2 100755
--- a/templates/bin/waybar-void-update-checker
+++ b/templates/bin/waybar-void-update-checker
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 set -e
 
 info="$(xbps-install -Mun)"
+[ -z $info ] && exit
 
-PKG_COUNT="$(echo "$info" | wc -l)"
-[ $PKG_COUNT -eq 0 ] && exit
+PKG_COUNT="$(echo -n "$info" | wc -l)"
 
 DL_SIZE="$(echo "$info" | awk '{s+=$6}END{print s}' | numfmt --to=iec-i)B"