diff --git a/jobs/JGDAS_FIT2OBS b/jobs/JGDAS_FIT2OBS
index c14d263909..c85c14aa87 100755
--- a/jobs/JGDAS_FIT2OBS
+++ b/jobs/JGDAS_FIT2OBS
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ export HORZ_DIR=${ARCDIR}/horiz
 export COMLOX=${DATA}/fitx
 [[ ! -d "${COMLOX}" ]] && mkdir -p "${COMLOX}"
 
-echo "echo err_chk">"${DATA}"/err_chk; chmod 755 "${DATA}"/err_chk
-echo "echo postmsg">"${DATA}"/postmsg; chmod 755 "${DATA}"/postmsg
+echo "echo err_chk">"${DATA}/err_chk"; chmod 755 "${DATA}/err_chk"
+echo "echo postmsg">"${DATA}/postmsg"; chmod 755 "${DATA}/postmsg"
 
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 # Check spinup and available inputs