diff --git a/runansible b/runansible
index ab0f7e488..a559ae4e3 100755
--- a/runansible
+++ b/runansible
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ fi
 # iiab.env gets created at the end of stage-4 on First Run
 if [ -f /etc/iiab/iiab.env ]
 then
-  OLD=`grep  XSCE /etc/iiab/iiab.env| wc -l`
+  OLD=`grep XSCE /etc/iiab/iiab.env | wc -l`
   if [ "$OLD" -gt 0 ]
   then
     rm /etc/iiab/iiab.env