diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index 2bc8121..c710bf3 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ static const char *colors[][3]      = {
 
 /* tagging */
 static const char *tags[] = { "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9" };
+static const char *alttags[] = { "<1>", "<2>", "<3>", "<4>", "<5>", "<6>", "<7>", "<8>", "<9>" };
 
 static const Rule rules[] = {
 	/* xprop(1):
diff --git a/dwm.c b/dwm.c
index 4465af1..c2348a5 100644
--- a/dwm.c
+++ b/dwm.c
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ monocle(Monitor *m)
 		if (ISVISIBLE(c))
 			n++;
 	if (n > 0) /* override layout symbol */
-		snprintf(m->ltsymbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol, "[%d]", n);
+		snprintf(m->ltsymbol, sizeof m->ltsymbol, "%d", n);
 	for (c = nexttiled(m->clients); c; c = nexttiled(c->next))
 		resize(c, m->wx, m->wy, m->ww - 2 * c->bw, m->wh - 2 * c->bw, 0);
 }