diff --git a/lgsm/functions/command_stop.sh b/lgsm/functions/command_stop.sh
index 341ad4d95..ccb7dbbf0 100644
--- a/lgsm/functions/command_stop.sh
+++ b/lgsm/functions/command_stop.sh
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ fn_stop_ark(){
 			pid=${pid//[!0-9]/}
 			let pid+=0 # turns an empty string into a valid number, '0',
 			# and a valid numeric pid remains unchanged.
-			if [ "${pid}" -gt 1 && "${pid}" -le $(cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max) ]; then
+			if [ "${pid}" -gt 1 ]&&[ "${pid}" -le $(cat /proc/sys/kernel/pid_max) ]; then
 			fn_print_dots "Process still bound. Awaiting graceful exit: ${pidcheck}"
 				sleep 1
 			else