diff --git a/bin/pandachi-install b/bin/pandachi-install
index 82f084b..492c267 100755
--- a/bin/pandachi-install
+++ b/bin/pandachi-install
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ cat <<EOF > /root/.pgm.rc
 prefix_pg_local_command=" "  ## otherwise, will default to sudo -u postgres
 
 pgpass="/srv/datastore/data/postgres/var/lib/postgresql/data/pgpass" 
-[ -f "$pgpass" ] || {
-  echo "No '$pgpass' found. Postgres database doesn't seem to be setup." >&2
+[ -f "\$pgpass" ] || {
+  echo "No '\$pgpass' found. Postgres database doesn't seem to be setup." >&2
   exit 1
 }
-cp "$pgpass" /root/.pgpass
+cp "\$pgpass" /root/.pgpass
 
 PGUSER=postgres
-PGHOST=$(docker-ip | grep postgres | xargs echo | cut -f 3 -d " ") || {
+PGHOST=\$(docker-ip | grep postgres | xargs echo | cut -f 3 -d " ") || {
   echo "No local running postgres docker found." >&2
   exit 1
 }