diff --git a/misc/userscripts/taskadd b/misc/userscripts/taskadd
index c7c7d8c67..59095e1bc 100755
--- a/misc/userscripts/taskadd
+++ b/misc/userscripts/taskadd
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@
 [[ $QUTE_MODE == 'hints' ]] && title=$QUTE_SELECTED_TEXT || title=$QUTE_TITLE
 
 # try to add the task and grab the output
-if msg="$(task add "$title" "$*" 2>&1 | head -n 1)"; then
+if msg="$(task add "$title" "$*" 2>&1)"; then
     # annotate the new task with the url, send the output back to the browser
     task +LATEST annotate "$QUTE_URL"
-    echo "message-info '$msg'" >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
+    echo "message-info '$msg'" | head -n 1 >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
 else
-    echo "message-error '$msg'" >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
+    echo "message-error '$msg'" | head -n 1 >> "$QUTE_FIFO"
 fi