diff --git a/nb b/nb
index e1c1e51f..59740363 100755
--- a/nb
+++ b/nb
@@ -26016,8 +26016,8 @@ _todo() {
 
           {
             grep --color=never          \
-              -e "- \[[[:space:]]*\] " \
-              -e "- \[x\] "            \
+              -e "- \[[[:space:]]*\] "  \
+              -e "- \[x\] "             \
               "${__item_path:-}" || :
           } | {
             local _counter=0