diff --git a/shell/key-bindings.zsh b/shell/key-bindings.zsh
index 8d01437a..8a03585d 100644
--- a/shell/key-bindings.zsh
+++ b/shell/key-bindings.zsh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ bindkey '\ec' fzf-cd-widget
 # CTRL-R - Paste the selected command from history into the command line
 fzf-history-widget() {
   local selected num
-  selected=( $(fc -l 1 | $(__fzfcmd) +s --tac +m -n2..,.. --tiebreak=index --toggle-sort=ctrl-r $FZF_CTRL_R_OPTS -q "${LBUFFER//$/\\$}") )
+  selected=( $(fc -l 1 | $(__fzfcmd) +s --tac +m -n2..,.. --tiebreak=index --toggle-sort=ctrl-r ${=FZF_CTRL_R_OPTS} -q "${LBUFFER//$/\\$}") )
   if [ -n "$selected" ]; then
     num=$selected[1]
     if [ -n "$num" ]; then