diff --git a/priv/templates/simplenode.runner b/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
index caae421..46141bb 100755
--- a/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
+++ b/priv/templates/simplenode.runner
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ case "$1" in
 
     stop)
         # Wait for the node to completely stop...
-        PID=`ps -ef|grep "$RUNNER_BASE_DIR/.*/[b]eam|awk '{print $2}'"`
+        PID=`ps -ef|grep "$RUNNER_BASE_DIR/.*/[b]eam"|awk '{print $2}'`
         $NODETOOL stop
         while `kill -0 $PID 2>/dev/null`;
         do