diff --git a/hash-files b/hash-files
index 51821b2..05d8ab5 100755
--- a/hash-files
+++ b/hash-files
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ mdls_per_file () {
 		fi
 		IFS=$old_IFS
 	done
-	export $mdls_properties
+	export mdls_properties
 }