diff --git a/src/modules/temperature/e_mod_main.c b/src/modules/temperature/e_mod_main.c
index 4b63fe633..f25cfcca5 100644
--- a/src/modules/temperature/e_mod_main.c
+++ b/src/modules/temperature/e_mod_main.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ _gc_init(E_Gadcon *gc, const char *name, const char *id, const char *style)
 	    "%s/%s/tempget %i \"%s\" %i", 
 	    e_module_dir_get(temperature_config->module), MODULE_ARCH, 
 	    inst->sensor_type,
-	    (inst->sensor_name != NULL ? inst->sensor_name : "(null)"),
+	    (inst->sensor_name != NULL ? inst->sensor_name : "-null-"),
 	    inst->poll_interval);
    inst->tempget_exe = ecore_exe_pipe_run(buf, 
 					  ECORE_EXE_PIPE_READ | 
diff --git a/src/modules/temperature/tempget.c b/src/modules/temperature/tempget.c
index 752076761..cccdcc38f 100644
--- a/src/modules/temperature/tempget.c
+++ b/src/modules/temperature/tempget.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
      }
    sensor_type = atoi(argv[1]);
    sensor_name = strdup(argv[2]);
-   if (!strcmp(sensor_name, "(null)"))
+   if (!strcmp(sensor_name, "-null-"))
      {
 	free(sensor_name);
 	sensor_name = NULL;