diff --git a/fnotify.pl b/fnotify.pl
index ca96cbb..3d19920 100644
--- a/fnotify.pl
+++ b/fnotify.pl
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ sub notify {
   my ($title, $message) = @_;
   system("notify-send", "-i", "irssi", $title, $message);
 
-  if (Irssi::settings_get_bool('festival_enabled')) {
+  if(Irssi::settings_get_bool('festival_enabled')) {
     my $text_to_speak = "$title, $message";
 
     # Fork the process to prevent Irssi from freezing while festival speaks.
@@ -35,14 +35,16 @@ sub notify {
     # This will offload the entire backgrounding task to the systemd service
     # manager.
 
-    # We need to escape any single quotes in the text..
     # Sorry @dacav, tried to use your open() suggestion, but as we can't
     # daemonise using the fork solution, we have to manually prevent shell injection.
-    $text_to_speak =~ s/'/'\\''/g;
 
-    my $command = "echo '$text_to_speak' | festival --tts --language english --pipe";
+    $text_to_speak =~ s/\\/\\\\/g;  # Must escape backslashes first
+    $text_to_speak =~ s/"/\\"/g;    # Then escape double-quotes
 
-    system("systemd-run", "--user", "--quiet", "--no-ask-password", "/bin/sh", "-c", $command)
+    my $scheme_command = "$festival_voice(SayText \"$text_to_speak\")";
+    $scheme_command =~ s/'/'\\''/g;
+    my $command = "echo '$scheme_command' | festival";
+    system("systemd-run", "--user", "--quiet", "--no-ask-password", "/bin/sh", "-c", $command);
   }
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ sub notify {
 # Private messages are simple and clean. No theme conflicts.
 sub private_message_handler {
   my ($server, $msg, $nick, $address) = @_;
-  return if ($nick =~ /^(NickServ|ChanServ|MemoServ)$/i);
+  return if($nick =~ /^(NickServ|ChanServ|MemoServ)$/i);
   notify("Private Message from $nick", $msg);
 }
 
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ sub print_text_handler {
 
   # Check if the level is a highlight and the target matches the one we just saved.
   # The target check prevents us from misfiring on other window text.
-  if (($dest->{level} & Irssi::MSGLEVEL_HILIGHT) && ($dest->{target} eq $last_public_target)) {
+  if(($dest->{level} & Irssi::MSGLEVEL_HILIGHT) && ($dest->{target} eq $last_public_target)) {
     # Make sure the data from the first signal is actually there.
     return unless defined $last_public_nick;