diff --git a/config/xmobar/xmobarrc b/config/xmobar/xmobarrc
index d55595b3..058ddf22 100644
--- a/config/xmobar/xmobarrc
+++ b/config/xmobar/xmobarrc
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Config {
-- layout
, sepChar = "%" -- delineator between plugin names and straight text
, alignSep = "}{" -- separator between left-right alignment
- , template = " >> %XMonadLog% | %battery% | %multicpu% | %memory% }{ %vol% | %date% | %kbd% %_XMONAD_TRAYPAD%"
+ , template = " %XMonadLog% | %battery% | %multicpu% | %memory% }{ %vol% | %date% | %kbd% %_XMONAD_TRAYPAD%"
-- general behavior
, lowerOnStart = True -- send to bottom of window stack on start