diff --git a/doom-modeline-env.el b/doom-modeline-env.el
index ca9a879..fcb569d 100644
--- a/doom-modeline-env.el
+++ b/doom-modeline-env.el
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@
 (require 'subr-x)
 (require 'doom-modeline-core)
 
+;; Externals
+(defvar python-shell-interpreter)
+
 ;; Show version string for multi-version managers like rvm, rbenv, pyenv, etc.
 (defvar-local doom-modeline-env--version nil
   "The version to display with major-mode in mode-line.
diff --git a/doom-modeline-segments.el b/doom-modeline-segments.el
index a105b83..68f3f4b 100644
--- a/doom-modeline-segments.el
+++ b/doom-modeline-segments.el
@@ -1020,14 +1020,14 @@ Requires `anzu', also `evil-anzu' if using `evil-mode' for compatibility with
 
 (defsubst doom-modeline--symbol-overlay ()
   "Show the number of matches for symbol overlay."
-  (when (and (bound-and-true-p symbol-overlay-keywords-alist)
+  (when (and (doom-modeline--active)
+             (bound-and-true-p symbol-overlay-keywords-alist)
              (not (bound-and-true-p symbol-overlay-temp-symbol))
              (not (bound-and-true-p iedit-mode)))
-    (let* ((keyword (symbol-overlay-assoc
-                     (ignore-errors (symbol-overlay-get-symbol))))
+    (let* ((keyword (symbol-overlay-assoc (symbol-overlay-get-symbol)))
            (symbol (car keyword))
-           (before (symbol-overlay-get-list symbol 'car))
-           (after (symbol-overlay-get-list symbol 'cdr))
+           (before (symbol-overlay-get-list -1 symbol))
+           (after (symbol-overlay-get-list 1 symbol))
            (count (length before)))
       (if (symbol-overlay-assoc symbol)
           (propertize