diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index aae628d4..0a685e79 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -4783,8 +4783,8 @@ END
             term_font="from kitty.cli import *; o = create_default_opts(); \
                        print(f'{o.font_family} {o.font_size}')"
             term_font="$(kitty +runpy ''"$term_font"'')"
-            term_font="${term_font//=}"
-            term_font="${term_font//\'}"
+            term_font="${term_font#family=}"
+            term_font="$(trim_quotes "${term_font}")"
         ;;
 
         "konsole" | "yakuake")