diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
index 6846c3e00..9aac116cd 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-image-common
@@ -148,10 +148,10 @@ update_docker_containers() {
       local v1=0
       local v2=0
       if [[ -f "$UPDATE_DIR/salt/elasticsearch.defaults.yaml" ]]; then
-        v1=$(egrep " +version: " "$UPDATE_DIR/salt/elasticsearch.defaults.yaml" | awk -F: {'print $2'} | tr -d '[:space:]')
+        v1=$(egrep " +version: " "$UPDATE_DIR/salt/elasticsearch.defaults.yaml" | awk -F: '{print $2}' | tr -d '[:space:]')
       fi
-      if [[ -f "$DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/elasticsearch.defaults.yaml"]]; then
-        v2=$(egrep " +version: " "$DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/elasticsearch.defaults.yaml" | awk -F: {'print $2'} | tr -d '[:space:]')
+      if [[ -f "$DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/elasticsearch.defaults.yaml" ]]; then
+        v2=$(egrep " +version: " "$DEFAULT_SALT_DIR/salt/elasticsearch.defaults.yaml" | awk -F: '{print $2}' | tr -d '[:space:]')
       fi
       local highest_es_version=$(compare_es_versions "$v1" "$v2")
       local image=$i:$highest_es_version$IMAGE_TAG_SUFFIX