diff --git a/qvm-xkill b/qvm-xkill
index 25e8316..32bfede 100644
--- a/qvm-xkill
+++ b/qvm-xkill
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ set -e
 ID=$(xdotool selectwindow)
 
 xprop -id "$ID" _QUBES_VMNAME | grep -q ' = ' \
-  || { echo "${0##* /}: Not killing dom0 window $ID" >&2; exit 1; }
+  || { echo "${0##*/}: Not killing dom0 window $ID" >&2; exit 1; }
 
 xdotool windowkill "$ID"