diff --git a/offsite-power-check.sh b/offsite-power-check.sh
index b3dbd1f2..ae25b8bb 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 ${PW_LOGARCHIVE}/* 2> /dev/null | sort | tail -12)
 	IFS=$'\n'
 	read -rd '' -a backupstokeep <<<"${backupstokeep}"
 	unset IFS