diff --git a/scripts/cspell/spellcheck.sh b/scripts/cspell/spellcheck.sh
index 2bcc7d5b..e77b148f 100755
--- a/scripts/cspell/spellcheck.sh
+++ b/scripts/cspell/spellcheck.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if ! sort -c project-words.txt; then \
-    echo "project-words.txt is not sorted." && exit 1; \
+if ! sort -c project-words.txt; then
+    echo "project-words.txt is not sorted." 
+    exit 1
 fi
 npm install cspell
 npm run spellcheck
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