diff --git a/gui/kivy/main.kv b/gui/kivy/main.kv
index bba7872a..e378f19d 100644
--- a/gui/kivy/main.kv
+++ b/gui/kivy/main.kv
@@ -309,9 +309,7 @@ BoxLayout:
                 bold: True
                 markup: True
                 color: 1, 1, 1, 1
-                text:
-                    "[color=#777777]{}[/color]"\
-                    .format(app.status)
+                text: "[color=#777777]"+app.status+"[/color]"
                 font_size: '22dp'
                 minimum_width: '1dp'
                 on_release: app.popup_dialog('status')