diff --git a/scp_and_reload.sh b/scp_and_reload.sh
index 214ee97..e099cf5 100644
--- a/scp_and_reload.sh
+++ b/scp_and_reload.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ chmod 600 .ssh/id_rsa
 for file in $CHFILENAMES; do
     if [[ $file == *"zone" ]]; then
         scp $file "$PLUGIN_USER"@"$PLUGIN_HOSTS":"$PLUGIN_TARGET"/$file
-        ZONE = $(echo $file | sed 's/\.zone//')
+        ZONE=$(echo $file | sed 's/\.zone//')
         ssh "PLUGIN_USER"@"$PLUGIN_HOSTS" nsd-control reload $ZONE
     fi
 done