diff --git a/doom-modeline.el b/doom-modeline.el
index f848776..828e599 100644
--- a/doom-modeline.el
+++ b/doom-modeline.el
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ enabled."
 (doom-modeline-def-segment global
   "For the time string and whatever uses global-mode-string."
   (when (< 0 (length global-mode-string))
-    '(" " global-mode-string " ")))
+    '(" " global-mode-string)))
 
 
 ;;