diff --git a/bin/toggle-mute b/bin/toggle-mute
index d65b701..6395cb7 100755
--- a/bin/toggle-mute
+++ b/bin/toggle-mute
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ case $1 in
                        }
                      }
                      for (source in muted) {
+                       gsub(/['"'"'"\\\$\(\)`]/, "\\\\&", descriptions[source])
                        print "echo "(allmuted?"🔊":"🔇")" "descriptions[source]
                        print "pactl set-'$1'-mute "source" "(!allmuted);
                      }