diff --git a/scripts/functions.sh b/scripts/functions.sh
index 3b54b77a..7ecf85ac 100755
--- a/scripts/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/functions.sh
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ function edit_manifest() {
     yq e --inplace ".spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[] |= select(.name==\"LOG_LEVEL\").value|=\"$2\"" "$3"
     ;;
   "node_selector")
-    keyVal=(${2//:/ })
+    keyVal=("${2//:/ }")
     yq e --inplace ".spec.template.spec.nodeSelector.\""${keyVal[0]}"\" |= \""${keyVal[1]}"\"" "$3"
     ;;
   esac