diff --git a/src/components/builder.cpp b/src/components/builder.cpp
index 798a08b1..4bab278f 100644
--- a/src/components/builder.cpp
+++ b/src/components/builder.cpp
@@ -511,7 +511,11 @@ void builder::underline_close() {
  */
 void builder::cmd(mousebtn index, string action, bool condition) {
   if (condition && !action.empty()) {
-    action = string_util::replace_all(action, ":", "\\:");
+    size_t p{0};
+    while ((p = action.find(':', p)) != string::npos && action[p - 1] != '\\') {
+      action.insert(p, 1, '\\');
+      p++;
+    }
     tag_open(syntaxtag::A, to_string(static_cast<int>(index)) + ":" + action + ":");
   }
 }
@@ -520,9 +524,8 @@ void builder::cmd(mousebtn index, string action, bool condition) {
  * Wrap label in command block
  */
 void builder::cmd(mousebtn index, string action, const label_t& label) {
-  if (!action.empty() && label && *label) {
-    action = string_util::replace_all(action, ":", "\\:");
-    tag_open(syntaxtag::A, to_string(static_cast<int>(index)) + ":" + action + ":");
+  if (label && *label) {
+    cmd(index, action, true);
     node(label);
     tag_close(syntaxtag::A);
   }
diff --git a/src/components/renderer.cpp b/src/components/renderer.cpp
index 6cde36b3..964e8826 100644
--- a/src/components/renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/components/renderer.cpp
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ bool renderer::on(const signals::parser::action_begin& evt) {
   action.button = a.button == mousebtn::NONE ? mousebtn::LEFT : a.button;
   action.align = m_align;
   action.start_x = m_blocks.at(m_align).x;
-  action.command = string_util::replace_all(a.command, ":", "\\:");
+  action.command = string_util::replace_all(a.command, "\\:", ":");
   action.active = true;
   m_actions.emplace_back(action);
   return true;