diff --git a/sxbm_dmenu b/sxbm_dmenu
index 2ebeef7..645732d 100755
--- a/sxbm_dmenu
+++ b/sxbm_dmenu
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ bm_yank() {
 }
 
 bm_add() {
-  $sxbm add "$@" | $prompt
+  $sxbm add "$@" 2>&1 | xargs -I{} $prompt -p {}
 }
 
 case "$1" in