diff --git a/modules/hardware/sound.nix b/modules/hardware/sound.nix
index f9c24da..55a68ff 100644
--- a/modules/hardware/sound.nix
+++ b/modules/hardware/sound.nix
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ in {
           HEAD="${pkgs.coreutils}/bin/head"
 
           $NOISETORCH -i -t ${toString cfg.noisetorch-threshold};
-          sleep 2
-          FILTER_ID=$($WPCTL status | $GREP "NoiseTorch" | $AWK '{print $2}' | $HEAD -c-2)
+          FILTER_ID=$($WPCTL status | $GREP NoiseTorch | $AWK 'match($0, /[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?/) { print substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH) }' | head -n1)
           if [ -n "$FILTER_ID" ]; then
             $WPCTL set-default $FILTER_ID
           else