diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index a2ca3900..2665b857 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -8444,7 +8444,7 @@ function install_gnu_social {
 	echo 'daemon_lines=$(ps aux | grep "scripts/queuedaemon.php" | grep "/var/www")' >> /etc/cron.hourly/gnusocial-daemons
 	echo 'if [[ $daemon_lines != *"/var/www/"* ]]; then' >> /etc/cron.hourly/gnusocial-daemons
 
-	echo "    ADMIN_USER=$(cat $COMPLETION_FILE | grep 'Admin user' | awk -F ':' '{print \$2}')" >> /etc/cron.hourly/gnusocial-daemons
+	echo "    ADMIN_USER=\$(cat $COMPLETION_FILE | grep 'Admin user' | awk -F ':' '{print \$2}')" >> /etc/cron.hourly/gnusocial-daemons
 	echo '    MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS=$ADMIN_USER@$HOSTNAME' >> /etc/cron.hourly/gnusocial-daemons
 	echo '    echo "Restarting GNU Social daemons" | mail -s "GNU Social daemons not found" $MY_EMAIL_ADDRESS' >> /etc/cron.hourly/gnusocial-daemons
 	echo "    cd /var/www/${MICROBLOG_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs" >> /etc/cron.hourly/gnusocial-daemons