diff --git a/dice-ca-init.sh b/dice-ca-init.sh
index 9bc6240..d6c4224 100755
--- a/dice-ca-init.sh
+++ b/dice-ca-init.sh
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "success"
 else
     echo "failure"
-    cat $LOG
+    cat \$LOG
     exit 1
 fi