diff --git a/src/freedombone-splitkey b/src/freedombone-splitkey
index cd833f45..5ef37f57 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-splitkey
+++ b/src/freedombone-splitkey
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ shred -zu "$FRAGMENTS_DIR/backup_privkey.txt"
 shred -zu "$FRAGMENTS_DIR/backup_pubkey.txt"
 
 KEY_SHARES=$((KEY_FRAGMENTS * 2))
-if ! gfsplit -n "$KEY_FRAGMENTS" -m "$KEY_SHARES $KEYS_FILE"; then
+if ! gfsplit -n "$KEY_FRAGMENTS" -m $KEY_SHARES "$KEYS_FILE"; then
     echo $"Unable to split the gpg key"
     rm -rf "$FRAGMENTS_DIR"
     if [ -f "$KEYS_FILE" ]; then