diff --git a/wol/scripts/wakeonlanservice.sh b/wol/scripts/wakeonlanservice.sh
index f08690bac3e1b69877cc47f56b07d3d03668cc51..c3eac9a2ce0d115ec182d8858746a6ec43663cc3 100755
--- a/wol/scripts/wakeonlanservice.sh
+++ b/wol/scripts/wakeonlanservice.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ netcat -k -l $IP 9999 | \
         if [ $(echo "$MAC" | egrep -c "^([0-9a-f]{2}:?){6}$") -eq 1 ]
         then
             wakeonlan -i $broadcast "$MAC"
-            $bootedip=""
+            bootedip=""
             sleep 30
             while [ -z "$bootedip" ]
             do