diff --git a/offsite-power-check.sh b/offsite-power-check.sh
index f10a31bf..ab54ae72 100755
--- a/offsite-power-check.sh
+++ b/offsite-power-check.sh
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ LOGROTATE(){
 	mv ${PW_LOGFOLDER}/log* ${ARCHIVEFOLDER}/ 2> /dev/null
 	[ ! -f ${PW_LOGFILE} ] && touch ${PW_LOGFILE}
 	[ ! -f ${PW_LOGPOWER} ] && touch ${PW_LOGPOWER}
-	backupstokeep=(`ls -d ${PW_LOGARCHIVE}/* 2> /dev/null | sort | tail -12`)
+	backupstokeep=($(ls -d ${PW_LOGARCHIVE}/* 2> /dev/null | sort | tail -12))
 	for folder in $(ls -d ${PW_LOGARCHIVE}/* | sort -r); do
 		keep=0
 		for filetokeep in ${backupstokeep[@]}; do