diff --git a/kamailio/db_scripts/create-kazoodb-sql.sh b/kamailio/db_scripts/create-kazoodb-sql.sh
index ebfc0ae..b720415 100755
--- a/kamailio/db_scripts/create-kazoodb-sql.sh
+++ b/kamailio/db_scripts/create-kazoodb-sql.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 . $(dirname $0)/kazoodb-sql.sh --source-only
 
-$file=$(sql_db_prepare)
+file=$(sql_db_prepare)
 echo "setting up kazoo db from init script $file"
 sql_setup $file