diff --git a/.config/i3blocks/config b/.config/i3blocks/config
index 3694664..407e23e 100644
--- a/.config/i3blocks/config
+++ b/.config/i3blocks/config
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ interval=once
 signal=11
 
 [news]
-label=📰
 interval=once
 signal=6
 
diff --git a/.local/bin/statusbar/news b/.local/bin/statusbar/news
index b7ca1a7..a8842ad 100755
--- a/.local/bin/statusbar/news
+++ b/.local/bin/statusbar/news
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ case $BLOCK_BUTTON in
 <b>Note:</b> Only one instance of newsboat (including updates) may be running at a time." ;;
 esac
 
- cat /tmp/newsupdate 2>/dev/null || echo "$(newsboat -x print-unread | awk '{ print $1}' | sed s/^0$//g)$(cat ~/.config/newsboat/.update 2>/dev/null)"
+ cat /tmp/newsupdate 2>/dev/null || echo "$(newsboat -x print-unread | awk '{ print "📰 " $1}' | sed s/^0$//g)$(cat ~/.config/newsboat/.update 2>/dev/null)"