diff --git a/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/install_scala.sh b/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/install_scala.sh
index 0a119f60..bd7eddce 100644
--- a/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/install_scala.sh
+++ b/sahara/plugins/mapr/resources/install_scala.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #Current available version
 DEF_VERSION="2.11.5"
 
-VERSION="$(wget -qO- http://www.scala-lang.org|grep 'scala-version'|grep -Eo '([0-9]\.?)+')"
+VERSION=$(wget -qO- http://www.scala-lang.org|grep 'scala-version'|grep -Eo '([0-9]\.?)+')
 
 if [ $? != 0 -o -z ${VERSION} ]; then
     VERSION=${DEF_VERSION}