diff --git a/krebs/5pkgs/simple/Reaktor/plugins.nix b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/Reaktor/plugins.nix
index d4fa5b1cf..eb591b274 100644
--- a/krebs/5pkgs/simple/Reaktor/plugins.nix
+++ b/krebs/5pkgs/simple/Reaktor/plugins.nix
@@ -131,14 +131,14 @@ rec {
   wiki-todo-add = buildSimpleReaktorPlugin "wiki-todo-add" {
     pattern = "^wiki-todo: (?P<args>.*)$$";
     script = pkgs.writeDash "wiki-todo-add" ''
-      echo "$@" >> wiki-todo
+      echo "$*" >> wiki-todo
       echo "added todo"
     '';
   };
   wiki-todo-done = buildSimpleReaktorPlugin "wiki-todo-done" {
     pattern = "^wiki-todo-done: (?P<args>.*)$$";
     script = pkgs.writeDash "wiki-todo-done" ''
-      ${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/grep -vFx "$@" wiki-todo > wiki-todo.tmp
+      ${pkgs.gnugrep}/bin/grep -Fvxe "$*" wiki-todo > wiki-todo.tmp
       ${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/mv wiki-todo.tmp wiki-todo
     '';
   };