diff --git a/programs/newsboat.nix b/programs/newsboat.nix
index 541f846..63ab8d7 100644
--- a/programs/newsboat.nix
+++ b/programs/newsboat.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ in {
     enable = true;
     autoReload = true;
     maxItems = 50;
-    browser = defaultBrowser;
+    browser = ''"${defaultBrowser}"'';
     extraConfig = lib.strings.concatStringsSep "\n" [
       ''
         macro m set browser "${videoViewer}"; open-in-browser ; set browser "${defaultBrowser}"