diff --git a/widgets/volume.lua b/widgets/volume.lua
index 3baa7e6..2a7d377 100644
--- a/widgets/volume.lua
+++ b/widgets/volume.lua
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local function worker(format, warg)
     }
 
     -- Get mixer control contents
-    local f = io.popen("amixer get " .. warg)
+    local f = io.popen("amixer -M get " .. warg)
     local mixer = f:read("*all")
     f:close()