diff --git a/bin/pdns-rr-rep.sh b/bin/pdns-rr-rep.sh
index 6b5ec54..7e478ce 100755
--- a/bin/pdns-rr-rep.sh
+++ b/bin/pdns-rr-rep.sh
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ if [[ $zone_status = 200 ]]; then
     if [[ -z $account ]]; then
       account=$(/usr/bin/hostname -f)
     fi
-    data= "$data,\"comments\":[{\"content\":\"$comment\",\"account\":\"$account\"}]"
+    data="$data,\"comments\":[{\"content\":\"$comment\",\"account\":\"$account\"}]"
   fi
 
   # close out json string