diff --git a/roles/tailscale/templates/iiab-vpn b/roles/tailscale/templates/iiab-vpn
index bb9a32dc0..438f627c1 100755
--- a/roles/tailscale/templates/iiab-vpn
+++ b/roles/tailscale/templates/iiab-vpn
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ echo -e '\e[44;1mVPN peers: (6th column = online/offline)\e[0m\n'
 # (try .Tags[] catch "-") is safer than (.Tags[]? // "-") according to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54794749/jq-error-at-stdin0-cannot-iterate-over-null-null
 tailscale status --json | jq -r '.Self,.Peer[] | (try .Tags[] catch "-") + " " + .TailscaleIPs[] + " " + .HostName + " " + .DNSName + " " + (if .Relay == "" then "-" else .Relay end) + " XXX" + (.Online|tostring) + "XXX " + .OS' | sort -V | column -t | \
     while read l; do
-        line=$(echo "$l" | sed 's/ XXXtrueXXX /\\e[0;32m ✅\\e[0m/ ; s/ XXXfalseXXX /\\e[0;31m ❌ \\e[0m/')
+        line=$(echo "$l" | sed 's/ XXXtrueXXX / ✅/ ; s/ XXXfalseXXX / ❌ /')
         echo -e "$line" $(tailscale whois --json $(echo $line | cut -d' ' -f2) | jq -r '.Node.Hostinfo | .Distro + " " + .DistroVersion + " " + .DeviceModel');
     done
 echo