1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/sway/config.c b/sway/config.c
index a917d348..3c14032b 100644
--- a/sway/config.c
+++ b/sway/config.c
@@ -1022,6 +1022,7 @@ struct bar_config *default_bar_config(void) {
         bar->position = DESKTOP_SHELL_PANEL_POSITION_BOTTOM;
         bar->bindings = create_list();
         bar->status_command = strdup("while :; do date +'%Y-%m-%d %l:%M:%S %p' && sleep 1; done");
+        bar->plaintext_markup = true;
         bar->swaybar_command = NULL;
         bar->font = NULL;
         bar->height = -1;