diff --git a/openwrtbuilder b/openwrtbuilder
index 942ebfa..6c7b1e8 100755
--- a/openwrtbuilder
+++ b/openwrtbuilder
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ main() {
     # single call to normalize+ref
     read -r release ref < <(normalize_and_ref "$raw_release" "$mode")
 
-    debug: "Using release: $release, ref: $ref, mode: $mode"
+    debug "Using release: $release, ref: $ref, mode: $mode"
 
     declare -g SRC_DIR="$BUILD_ROOT/src/.openwrt"
     declare -g BUILD_DIR="$BUILD_ROOT/src/$profile/$mode-$ref"