diff --git a/wire_g b/wire_g
index 4192ca9..179e6ec 100755
--- a/wire_g
+++ b/wire_g
@@ -237,12 +237,12 @@ if selection=$(yad --no-klick --list --center \
                 nmcli connection up $selection &> ${wg_wdir}.tmp.txt
                 connect
                 export pid=$(ps aux | grep yad | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
-                bg %$pid
+                bg $pid
         else
                 nmcli connection up $selection &> ${wg_wdir}.tmp.txt
                 connect
                 export pid=$(ps aux | grep yad | grep -v grep | awk '{print $2}')
-                bg %$pid 
+                bg $pid 
         fi
 fi