diff --git a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
index 6dd85ee3..46b95cd1 100755
--- a/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
+++ b/nodemgmt-scripts.sh
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ DELSITES(){
 	for siteconf in $filels; do
 	# for siteconf in /etc/nginx/sites-available/* ; do
 		# [ -e "$siteconf" ] || continue
-		if [ ${siteconf[0]} == '/' ]; then
+		if [ ${siteconf:0:1} == '/' ]; then
 			IFS='/'; site_conf=(${siteconf}); unset IFS
 			SITES[${sid}]=${site_conf[4]}
 			sid=`expr $sid + 1`