diff --git a/qmk_cli/subcommands/console.py b/qmk_cli/subcommands/console.py
index a7fa758..dcae32a 100644
--- a/qmk_cli/subcommands/console.py
+++ b/qmk_cli/subcommands/console.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def run_forever(self):
                 message['identifier'] = ':'.join(identifier)
                 message['ts'] = '{style_dim}{fg_green}%s{style_reset_all} ' % (strftime(cli.config.general.datetime_fmt),) if cli.args.timestamp else ''
 
-                cli.echo('%(ts)s%(color)s%(identifier)s:%(index)d{style_reset_all}: %(text)s' % message)
+                cli.echo('%s', '%(ts)s%(color)s%(identifier)s:%(index)d{style_reset_all}: %(text)s' % message)
 
             except self.hid.HIDException:
                 break