diff --git a/bar/eww/bar.yuck b/bar/eww/bar.yuck
index 82e1e6d..fefb004 100644
--- a/bar/eww/bar.yuck
+++ b/bar/eww/bar.yuck
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     :onclick "bash -c 'iwgtk &> /dev/null &'"
     (label
       :class "connectivity"
-      :text "  ${connectivity.status == "down" ? "down" : connectivity.ssid}")
+      :text " ${connectivity.status == "down" ? "down" : connectivity.ssid}"
+      :limit-width 14)
   )
 )
 
diff --git a/bar/eww/scripts/get-connectivity b/bar/eww/scripts/get-connectivity
index 23a7b01..28f3fc9 100755
--- a/bar/eww/scripts/get-connectivity
+++ b/bar/eww/scripts/get-connectivity
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ status (){
   status=$(cat /sys/class/net/wlan0/operstate)
 
   if [ "$status" != "down" ]; then
-    ssid=$(iw dev wlan0 link | grep SSID | awk '{print $2}')
+    ssid="$(iw dev wlan0 link | grep SSID | cut -d':' -f2)"
   fi
 
   echo "{\"status\": \"$status\", \"ssid\": \"$ssid\"}"