diff --git a/containers/release/configure_release.sh b/containers/release/configure_release.sh
index bae5f1cbc478a411eb6bfdd8dc2212754805b732..7c81f679eeee4a00f325bd6eede0b0858f81c378 100644
--- a/containers/release/configure_release.sh
+++ b/containers/release/configure_release.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mkdir -p config
 cp /etc/profile.d/z10_spack_environment.sh config/spack-env.sh
 
 export BRANCH=$1
-if [ ${BRANCH} == "release" ];
+if [ ${BRANCH} == "release" ]; then
   export TAG="latest"
 else
   export TAG="unstable"