diff --git a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
index 8293dbd3f515349b639b0aa809fbb75e79829983..559b8fa94c2843468cf1c0e8233a230f74e0f58b 100644
--- a/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
+++ b/benchmarks/sampling_ecal/run_emcal_barrel_electrons.sh
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ fi
 root_filesize=$(stat --format=%s "${CB_EMCAL_REC_FILE}")
 if [[ "${CB_EMCAL_NUMEV}" -lt "500" ]] ; then
   # file must be less than 10 MB to upload
-  if [[ "${root_filesize}" -lt "10000000" ]] ; the
+  if [[ "${root_filesize}" -lt "10000000" ]] ; then
     cp ${CB_EMCAL_REC_FILE} results/.
   fi
 fi