diff --git a/themes/gentoo-wilder.zsh-theme b/themes/gentoo-wilder.zsh-theme
index 73efbc0d7..537a749f1 100644
--- a/themes/gentoo-wilder.zsh-theme
+++ b/themes/gentoo-wilder.zsh-theme
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/zsh
+
+# I am not sure why one needs to grep, but otherwise some jobs are counted twice.
 function get_nr_jobs() {
-  repeat $(jobs | wc -l) printf '▶'
+  repeat $(jobs | grep "\[" | wc -l) printf '▶'
 }
 
 # Solarized