diff --git a/run-mmpol.sh b/run-mmpol.sh
index e56820a6b01bcc3ace2da72be820a87171458e71..e45ba4758a50234cd8296f70741758cd09a3ad33 100755
--- a/run-mmpol.sh
+++ b/run-mmpol.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ cores="${SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK}"
 
 DATESTR=`date +'%Y-%m-%d-%H:%M:%S'`
 
-$filetag=$policyfile_$DATESTR
+filetag=$policyfile_$DATESTR
 
 cmd="mmapplypolicy scratch -I prepare \
   -P $policyfile \