diff --git a/files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh b/files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh
index 472e29a4..5b5af4bc 100755
--- a/files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh
+++ b/files/usr/local/bin/aredn_message.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ then
   if [ $? -ne 0 ] # no node specific file
   then
     # fetch broadcast message file
-    retrieve_alert http://downloads.arednmesh.org/messages/all.txt aredn_message "all nodes"}
+    retrieve_alert http://downloads.arednmesh.org/messages/all.txt aredn_message "all nodes"
   else
     # need to append to node file
     retrieve_alert http://downloads.arednmesh.org/messages/all.txt aredn_message_all "all nodes"