diff --git a/hashboot b/hashboot
index 60fb142..d043585 100755
--- a/hashboot
+++ b/hashboot
@@ -154,12 +154,12 @@ then
     [ -f ${DIGEST_FILE} ] || die 9 "No digestfile"
     HASHER=$(head -n1 ${DIGEST_FILE} | awk '{print $5}')
     dd if=${MBR_DEVICE} of=${MBR_TMP} bs=${MBR_SIZE}K count=1 status=noxfer || die 8
-    if ! $(grep ${MBR_TMP} ${DIGEST_FILE} | ${HASHER} --check --warn --quiet --strict | tee ${LOG_FILE})
+    if ! grep ${MBR_TMP} ${DIGEST_FILE} | ${HASHER} --check --warn --quiet --strict | tee ${LOG_FILE}
     then
         echo "    !! TIME TO PANIK: MBR WAS MODIFIED !!"
         COUNTER=$((COUNTER + 1))
     fi
-    if ! $(grep -v ${MBR_TMP} ${DIGEST_FILE} | ${HASHER} --check --warn --quiet --strict | tee -a ${LOG_FILE})
+    if ! grep -v ${MBR_TMP} ${DIGEST_FILE} | ${HASHER} --check --warn --quiet --strict | tee -a ${LOG_FILE}
     then
         echo "    !! TIME TO PANIK: AT LEAST 1 FILE WAS MODIFIED !!"
         COUNTER=$((COUNTER + 2))