diff --git a/weather b/weather
index 6dc56e2..4d41b5d 100755
--- a/weather
+++ b/weather
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ display_forecast() {
 
     # wil be sent to scratchpad in i3
     st -n weather -e less -Srf /tmp/weather &
-    i3-msg "[instance=weather scratchpad show" >/dev/null
+    i3-msg "[instance=weather] scratchpad show" >/dev/null
 
     exit 0
 }