diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a9a15c..d9a1585 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,11 +43,9 @@ CFLAGS += $(PICKER_FLAG)
 
 ifneq (, $(ASKER))
 	ifeq ($(shell which $(ASKER)),$(shell which ask 2>/dev/null || echo '<none>'))
-		CFLAGS += -D'ASKECHO(prompt, initial)="ask --prompt=\"" prompt "\" --query=\"" initial "\""'
-		CFLAGS += -D'ASK(var, prompt, initial)=var "=\"$$(ask --prompt=\"" prompt "\" --query=\"" initial "\")\""'
+		CFLAGS += -D'ASK(var, prompt, initial)=var "=\"$$(ask --history=bb --prompt=\"" prompt "\" --query=\"" initial "\")\""'
 	endif
 	ifeq ($(shell which $(ASKER)),$(shell which dmenu 2>/dev/null || echo '<none>'))
-		CFLAGS += -D'ASKECHO(prompt, initial)="{ printf \"" initial "\" | dmenu -p \"" prompt "\"; }"'
 		CFLAGS += -D'ASK(var, prompt, initial)=var "=\"$$(printf \"" initial "\" | dmenu -p \"" prompt "\")\""'
 	endif
 endif