diff --git a/scripts/view12/generate_eps b/scripts/view12/generate_eps
index 302f1123140f1d3bb3ba2cd269ffa14fa3fc531a..0654e44359739ba69c0e3e2f154b584863f9b2e0 100755
--- a/scripts/view12/generate_eps
+++ b/scripts/view12/generate_eps
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ make_slice(){
 
 for zzz in $@ ;
 do
-  make_slice ${zzz} & 
+  make_slice ${zzz}
 done
 
 wait