diff --git a/bin/qemush b/bin/qemush
index 50a74ff..172c10b 100755
--- a/bin/qemush
+++ b/bin/qemush
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ perror() {
 # Function to show the usage
 public_help() {
     local name
-    name="$(basename "$0")"
+    name=$(basename "$0")
 
     exec cat << EOF
 ${name}: usage: