diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/binfmts b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/binfmts
index 596e0c5d10..16919833a8 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/binfmts
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/files/binfmts
@@ -29,14 +29,16 @@ run)
 
 	case "$TARGET" in
 	post-install)
-		echo "${binfmts}" | while read line; do
+		echo "$binfmts" | tr '\' '&' 2> /dev/null | while read line; do
+			line=$(echo $line | tr '&' '\' 2> /dev/null)
 			set -- ${line}
 			_bin="$1"; shift; _args="$@"; _bname="$(basename ${_bin})"
 			update-binfmts --package ${PKGNAME} --install ${_bname} ${_bin} ${_args}
 		done
 		;;
 	pre-remove)
-		echo "${binfmts}" | while read line; do
+		echo "$binfmts" | tr '\' '&' 2> /dev/null | while read line; do
+			line=$(echo $line | tr '&' '\' 2> /dev/null)
 			set -- ${line}
 			_bin="$1"; shift; _args="$@"; _bname="$(basename ${_bin})"
 			if [ -f /var/lib/binfmts/${_bname} ]; then
@@ -56,3 +58,4 @@ esac
 
 exit 0
 # end
+# end
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
index c52d5517db..827fa3553c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-triggers/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'xbps-triggers'
 pkgname=xbps-triggers
-version=0.100
+version=0.101
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 bootstrap=yes