diff --git a/post_merge.sh b/post_merge.sh
index 2911fb1bfe..dbe9a46cf8 100755
--- a/post_merge.sh
+++ b/post_merge.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ restore_sc .github
 git add -A
 git commit -m "Automatic upstream merge postprocessing"
 
-$mydir"/correct_strings.sh
+"$mydir"/correct_strings.sh