diff --git a/scripts/languagelist_updater.sh b/scripts/languagelist_updater.sh
index 94f229123..0cbfffb09 100644
--- a/scripts/languagelist_updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/languagelist_updater.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-THISDIR = `dirname $0`
-LANGFILE = $THISDIR/../app/src/main/assets/language_list.txt
+THISDIR=`dirname $0`
+LANGFILE=$THISDIR/../app/src/main/assets/language_list.txt
 
 rm $LANGFILE
 cd $THISDIR/../app/src/main/res