diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-checkout b/libexec/portzap/portzap-checkout
index a5cb533..bfb481b 100644
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-checkout
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-checkout
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../..)}
 libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
 git=$(which git)
-mode="u=rwX,g=rX,o="
+mode=u=rwX,g=rX,o=
 gitdir="$1"
 branch="$2"
 
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-install b/libexec/portzap/portzap-install
index 6f22788..572f814 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-install
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-install
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -e
 # variables
 localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../..)}
 libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
-mode="u=rwX,g=rX,o="
+mode=u=rwX,g=rX,o=
 gitdir=$1
 installdir=$2
 revfile=$3
diff --git a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
index 1fef7cd..d4c4418 100755
--- a/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
+++ b/libexec/portzap/portzap-pull
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ set -e
 localbase=${LOCALBASE:-$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")"/../..)}
 libexec="${localbase}"/libexec/portzap
 git=$(which git)
-mode="u=rwX,g=rX,o="
+mode=u=rwX,g=rX,o=
 gitdir=$1
 
 ##