diff --git a/testssl.sh b/testssl.sh
index ae76004..3b11423 100755
--- a/testssl.sh
+++ b/testssl.sh
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@ run_http_header() {
      out "  $status_code$msg_thereafter" 
      case $status_code in
           301|302|307|308)
-               redirect = $(grep -a '^Location' $HEADERFILE | sed 's/Location: //' | tr -d '\r\n')
+               redirect=`$(grep -a '^Location' $HEADERFILE | sed 's/Location: //' | tr -d '\r\n')`
                out ", redirecting to \"$redirect\"" 
                output_finding "status_code" "$NODEIP" "$PORT" "info" \
                     "Testing HTTP header response @ \"$URL_PATH\", $status_code$msg_thereafter, redirecting to \"$redirect\""