diff --git a/linuxgsm.sh b/linuxgsm.sh
index cd31b6020..1e413ce22 100644
--- a/linuxgsm.sh
+++ b/linuxgsm.sh
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ else
 		source "${configdirserver}/secrets-${selfname}.cfg"
 	fi
 	# Use eval if startparameters are only in _default.cfg to ensure all vars in startparameters are set.
-	if ! [ "$(grep -qE "^[[:blank:]]*startparameters=" "${configdirserver}/common.cfg" "${configdirserver}/${selfname}.cfg" "${configdirserver}/secrets-common.cfg" "${configdirserver}/secrets-${selfname}.cfg")" ]; then
+	if ! grep -qE "^[[:blank:]]*startparameters=" "${configdirserver}/common.cfg" "${configdirserver}/${selfname}.cfg" "${configdirserver}/secrets-common.cfg" "${configdirserver}/secrets-${selfname}.cfg"; then
 		if [ "${shortname}" == "wurm" ]; then
 			# shellcheck source=/dev/null
 			source "${servercfgfullpath}"