diff --git a/src/QSymbolicsBase/literal_objects.jl b/src/QSymbolicsBase/literal_objects.jl
index a01cfd4..ed9369e 100644
--- a/src/QSymbolicsBase/literal_objects.jl
+++ b/src/QSymbolicsBase/literal_objects.jl
@@ -140,8 +140,7 @@ Base.show(io::IO, x::SKet) = print(io, "|$(symbollabel(x))⟩")
 Base.show(io::IO, x::SBra) = print(io, "⟨$(symbollabel(x))|")
 Base.show(io::IO, x::Union{SOperator,SHermitianOperator,SUnitaryOperator,SHermitianUnitaryOperator}) = begin
     symbol_name = String(symbollabel(x))
-    middle_index = (length(symbol_name) + 1) ÷ 2
-    print(io, symbol_name[1:middle_index-1] * symbol_name[middle_index] * "\u0302" * symbol_name[middle_index+1:end]) # add hat to the middle character
+    print(io, symbol_name[1:1] * "\u0302" * symbol_name[2:end]) # add hat to the first character
 end
 Base.show(io::IO, x::SymQObj) = print(io, symbollabel(x)) # fallback that probably is not great