diff --git a/plugins/symbols/README.md b/plugins/symbols/README.md
index 183a128..db091fa 100644
--- a/plugins/symbols/README.md
+++ b/plugins/symbols/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Config(
   // Custom user defined symbols to be included along the unicode symbols
   symbols: {
     // "name": "text to be copied"
-    "shrug": "¯\_(ツ)_/¯",
+    "shrug": "¯\\_(ツ)_/¯",
   },
   max_entries: 3,
 )