diff --git a/gamedata/_parms_plusminus b/gamedata/_parms_plusminus
index 240438a08..81cb29d28 100644
--- a/gamedata/_parms_plusminus
+++ b/gamedata/_parms_plusminus
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 # This is the way we create a script that collates and parses the parameters
 fn_parms(){
-	parms_minus="$(echo $(sed -e 's/^\([^#=]\+\)=\"/\-\1 /g' -e 's/\"$//g' ${settingsdir}/parms_minus))
-	parms_plus="$(echo $(sed -e 's/^\([^#=]\+\)=\"/\+\1 /g' -e 's/\"$//g' ${settingsdir}/parms_plus))
+	parms_minus="$(echo $(sed -e 's/^\([^#=]\+\)=\"/\-\1 /g' -e 's/\"$//g' ${settingsdir}/parms_minus))"
+	parms_plus="$(echo $(sed -e 's/^\([^#=]\+\)=\"/\+\1 /g' -e 's/\"$//g' ${settingsdir}/parms_plus))"
 	parms="$(echo "${parms_minus} ${server_parms} ${parms_plus}")"
 }