diff --git a/_scripts/format_minutes.sh b/_scripts/format_minutes.sh
index 8ca0168..a15d227 100755
--- a/_scripts/format_minutes.sh
+++ b/_scripts/format_minutes.sh
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ function build_pdf() {
 		if [ -f "$file" ]; then
 
 			# .html => .pdf
-			output="../Minutes_pdf/''${file/.html/".pdf"}"
+			output="../Minutes_pdf/${file/.html/".pdf"}"
 
 			echo $output