diff --git a/bin/start b/bin/start
index abfd0f8..3dbe11d 100755
--- a/bin/start
+++ b/bin/start
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 mkdir -p crash-reports/ dumps/
 touch banned-ips.json banned-ips.json.backup banned-players.json banned-players.json.backup ops.json ops.json.backup usercache.json whitelist.json whitelist.json.backup
-$PRIVATE_KEY >> id_rsa
+echo $PRIVATE_KEY >> id_rsa
 chmod -R 500 crash-reports/ dumps/ plugins/bStats/ plugins/PluginMetrics/ plugins/ProtocolLib/ plugins/Updater/
 chmod 400 'find . -type f'
 rsync -avz -e "ssh -i id_rsa -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" --exclude-from="bin/excludes" connect@kaboom.pw:/home/connect/sync/ .