diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/blake/settings.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/blake/settings.lua
index 4904d03..0d6aa20 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/blake/settings.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/blake/settings.lua
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ vim.cmd 'let g:markdown_fenced_languages = [ "bash=sh", "javascript", "cpp=cpp",
 
 --- autocmd's ---
 -- Set comment strings
-vim.cmd 'autocmd FileType crontab set commentstring=#\\ %s'
+vim.cmd 'autocmd FileType crontab set commentstring=#%s'
 -- vim.cmd 'autocmd FileType rmd set commentstring=<!--\\ %s\\ -->'
 
 -- Automatically jump to the last position in a file when opening