diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
index 1b3ce2ada6..7fe9625b6e 100755
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
-HASH=sha1sum persist/plugin-$1.zip
+HASH=$(sha1sum persist/plugin-$1.zip)
 npx ts-node apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts $1 $HASH alpha
 
 git clone git@github.com:ethereum/remix-plugins-directory.git
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