diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
index 2b4ef795..661d5fe4 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ function gnusocial_block_user_script {
     echo '      database_query="delete from qvitternotification where to_profile_id=${id} or from_profile_id=${id};"' >> /usr/bin/gnusocial-delete-user
     echo '      mysql -u root --password="$MARIADB_PASSWORD" -e "$database_query" $database_name' >> /usr/bin/gnusocial-delete-user
     echo '' >> /usr/bin/gnusocial-delete-user
-    echo "      database_query=\"delete from notice where content REGEXP '\@${remove_user}';\"" >> /usr/bin/gnusocial-delete-user
+    echo "      database_query=\"delete from notice where content REGEXP '\@\${remove_user}';\"" >> /usr/bin/gnusocial-delete-user
     echo '      mysql -u root --password="$MARIADB_PASSWORD" -e "$database_query" $database_name' >> /usr/bin/gnusocial-delete-user
     echo '  fi' >> /usr/bin/gnusocial-delete-user
     echo '  ctr=$((ctr + 1))' >> /usr/bin/gnusocial-delete-user