diff --git a/wol/scripts/sendmac.sh b/wol/scripts/sendmac.sh
index 80ed7e99050278c07f547b937ee25ae689ee4a8f..02fce1ef455c1b6b568c295197b6aa5d3881d80b 100755
--- a/wol/scripts/sendmac.sh
+++ b/wol/scripts/sendmac.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 IP=$(ip a | awk '/inet.*containers/ {print $2}' | cut -d / -f 1)
 netcat="netcat -l $IP 9999"
-KPID=`ps aux | grep \'$netcat\' | awk '{print $2}'`
+KPID=`ps aux | grep "$netcat" | awk '{print $2}'`
 [ ! -z "$KPID" ] && kill $KPID
 
 subnet=$(ip a | awk '/inet.*containers/ {print $2}' | cut -d / -f 1 | cut -d . -f 1-3)