diff --git a/src/mcbe/assets/bin/maint b/src/mcbe/assets/bin/maint
index d81056d..144054a 100755
--- a/src/mcbe/assets/bin/maint
+++ b/src/mcbe/assets/bin/maint
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if [[ 10#$hour -eq 1 ]]; then
     # if no players are present, restart the server
     # should help deal with any memory leaks or other bugs
     players=""
-    tries = 0
+    tries=0
     while [[ -z $players ]]; do
         if [[ $tries -eq 10 ]]; then
             echo "Error: failed to get number of players present after 10 tries."