diff --git a/include/tests_time b/include/tests_time
index 7ff6755e..b68bc102 100644
--- a/include/tests_time
+++ b/include/tests_time
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                 FIND=$(echo "${J}" | ${GREPBINARY} -E '/.placeholder$')
                 if [ -f "${J}" ] && [ -r "${J}" ] && [ -z "${FIND}" ]; then
                     LogText "Test: checking for ntpdate, rdate, sntp or ntpdig in ${J}"
-                    FIND=$("${GREPBINARY} -E" "${CRONTAB_REGEX}" "${J}" | "${GREPBINARY}" -v "^#")
+                    FIND=$("${GREPBINARY}" -E "${CRONTAB_REGEX}" "${J}" | "${GREPBINARY}" -v "^#")
                     if [ -n "${FIND}" ]; then
                         FOUND=1; FOUND_IN_CRON=1; NTP_CONFIG_TYPE_SCHEDULED=1
                         LogText "Result: found ntpdate, rdate, sntp or ntpdig in ${J}"