diff --git a/bin/start b/bin/start
index e0b9a41..0da1ded 100755
--- a/bin/start
+++ b/bin/start
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ done'
 
 tmux new -d -s alivecheck "set -x; while true; do
 	sleep 12
-	DATE=$(tail -1 $HOME/logs/latest.log | grep -oP '(?<=\[).*?(?=\])' | head -1 | date -f - +%s)
+	date=$(tail -1 $HOME/logs/latest.log | grep -oP '(?<=\[).*?(?=\])' | head -1 | date -f - +%s)
 	if [ "$(env printf '\xFE' | nc -w 5 localhost 25565 | wc -m)" -eq 1 ] ||
-		[ "$(( $(date +%s) - ${DATE:=$(date +%s)} ))" -gt 180 ]; then
+		[ "$(( $(date +%s) - "${date:=$(date +%s)}" ))" -gt 180 ]; then
 		if [ "$(tail -20 $HOME/logs/latest.log | grep -c 'ERROR]: Requested chunk')" -eq 1 ]; then
 			rm -rf $HOME/worlds/
 		fi