diff --git a/TestSqlcmd.sh b/TestSqlcmd.sh
index 228a2378..b1417b2b 100644
--- a/TestSqlcmd.sh
+++ b/TestSqlcmd.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 set -e
 
-$test ='/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S sql -U sa -P Password123'
+$test ="/opt/mssql-tools/bin/sqlcmd -S sql -U sa -P Password123"
 
 until $test; do
 >&2 echo "SQL Server is starting up"