diff --git a/server/createdatabase.sh b/server/createdatabase.sh
index 48dcba8..0c86b4d 100644
--- a/server/createdatabase.sh
+++ b/server/createdatabase.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-dir /opt/sshjump
+dir=/opt/sshjump
 sqlite3 $dir/sshjump.db 'create table sshjump(host, ip, port, id);'