diff --git a/utils/addservers.in b/utils/addservers.in
index 12b9d6018d43fef5c730904b2cffc87abb287f89..22a14c851c535d1f6362fcef5b1c29547a68c85f 100644
--- a/utils/addservers.in
+++ b/utils/addservers.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/perl -w
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2013 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2018 University of Utah and the Flux Group.
 # 
 # {{{EMULAB-LICENSE
 # 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ my $BOSS_IP	= "@BOSSNODE_IP@";
 my $OPS_IP	= "@USERNODE_IP@";
 my $FS_IP	= "@FSNODE_IP@";
 # Are we a VM on boss?
-$OPSVM_ENABLE	= @OPSVM_ENABLE@;
+my $OPSVM_ENABLE= @OPSVM_ENABLE@;
 
 #
 # Untaint the path