diff --git a/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh b/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
index dde0649ce..3d95969f6 100644
--- a/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
+++ b/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/deploy.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ set -o errexit -o nounset
 HOSTNAME=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd 'a-f0-9' | head -c 16)
 
 terraform get
-terraform plan -var 'dns_name=$HOSTNAME'
-terraform apply -var 'dns_name=$HOSTNAME'
+terraform plan -var 'dns_name='$HOSTNAME
+terraform apply -var 'dns_name='$HOSTNAME
 
 # echo "Setting git user name"
 # git config user.name $GH_USER_NAME