diff --git a/workflow/templates/easy/DMPexcel2mat.m b/workflow/templates/easy/DMPexcel2mat.m
index 7f512791..9502ce4d 100755
--- a/workflow/templates/easy/DMPexcel2mat.m
+++ b/workflow/templates/easy/DMPexcel2mat.m
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ if ~exist(masterPlateFile, 'file') || isempty(masterPlateFile)
     end
   end
 else
-  disp(strcat('Using MasterPlate file: ', masterPlateFile, ', skipping directory selection');
+  disp(strcat('Using MasterPlate file: ', masterPlateFile, ', skipping directory selection'));
 end
 
 % fid=fopen(masterPlateFile)%('exp23PrintTimes.xls'); % textread puts date and time sequentially into vector