diff --git a/gravity-sync.sh b/gravity-sync.sh
index 8a4a9be..32edcf6 100755
--- a/gravity-sync.sh
+++ b/gravity-sync.sh
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ function pull_gs {
 	MESSAGE="Validating Ownership on ${GRAVITY_FI}"
 	echo -en "${STAT} ${MESSAGE}"	
 		GRAVDB_OWN=$(ls -ld ${PIHOLE_DIR}/${GRAVITY_FI} | awk '{print $3 $4}')
-		if $GRAVDB_OWN = 'piholepihole'
+		if [ $GRAVDB_OWN == "piholepihole" ]
 		then
 			echo -e "\r${GOOD} ${MESSAGE}"
 		else