diff --git a/tests/nym-mixnode-binary-check.sh b/tests/nym-mixnode-binary-check.sh
index a105c772aa..9f5742114f 100755
--- a/tests/nym-mixnode-binary-check.sh
+++ b/tests/nym-mixnode-binary-check.sh
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ check_mixnode_binary_build() {
 
     # do asserts here based upon the output on init
 
-    assert $(echo $VALUE) $(echo ${WALLET_ADDRESS_CONST})
+    assert $(echo ${VALUE}) $(echo ${WALLET_ADDRESS_CONST})
     assert_end nym-mixnode-tests
   else
     echo "exiting test no binary found"