diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 6ed904b8..0dd10410 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -782,7 +782,8 @@ DOWNLIST(){
 			fi
 			[ "${choice^^}" == "E" ] && break
 			
-			mrow="\033[`echo "scale=1; ${#DOWNLIST[@]}*2" | bc)`A"
+			
+			mrow="\033[$(echo "scale=1; ${#DOWNLIST[@]}*2" | bc)A"
 			echo -e "${mrow}"
 			
 			for (( c=1; c<$(echo "scale=1; ${#DOWNLIST[@]}*2" | bc); c++ )); do