diff --git a/compiler/utils/samplecfg b/compiler/utils/samplecfg
index 72e2fe6cc4..d0f6e30bc1 100644
--- a/compiler/utils/samplecfg
+++ b/compiler/utils/samplecfg
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if [ -w "$sysdir" ] ; then
   thefile="$sysdir"/fpc.cfg
 else
   echo No write premission in $sysdir.
-  thefile"=$HOME"/.fpc.cfg
+  thefile="$HOME"/.fpc.cfg
 fi
 #
 if [ -f $thefile ] ; then