diff --git a/TestSqlcmd.sh b/TestSqlcmd.sh
index cd21176e..228a2378 100644
--- a/TestSqlcmd.sh
+++ b/TestSqlcmd.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 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. Running initial db configuration"
+>&2 echo "SQL Server is starting up"
 sleep 1
 done