diff --git a/src/wofi.c b/src/wofi.c
index cc419cf..ddfdc15 100644
--- a/src/wofi.c
+++ b/src/wofi.c
@@ -93,6 +93,9 @@ static GtkWidget* create_label(char* mode, char* text, char* search_text, char*
 		char* tmp = strdup(text);
 		char* mode = NULL;
 
+		if(strchr(tmp, ':') == NULL) {
+			mode = "text";
+		}
 		char* save_ptr;
 		char* str = strtok_r(tmp, ":", &save_ptr);
 		do {