diff --git a/provision-contest/ansible/roles/mysql_replication/templates/setup-replication.sh.j2 b/provision-contest/ansible/roles/mysql_replication/templates/setup-replication.sh.j2
index d791d3f0..6bf515d1 100755
--- a/provision-contest/ansible/roles/mysql_replication/templates/setup-replication.sh.j2
+++ b/provision-contest/ansible/roles/mysql_replication/templates/setup-replication.sh.j2
@@ -126,9 +126,9 @@ get_field()
 check_status()
 {
     local sql_info="$(printf '%s\n' "$@")"
-    [ $(get_field 'Seconds_Behind_Master' "$sql_info") = '0' ] || return 1
-    [ $(get_field 'Slave_SQL_Running' "$sql_info") = 'Yes' ] || return 1
-    [ $(get_field 'Last_SQL_Errno' "$sql_info") = '0' ] || return 1
+    [ "$(get_field 'Seconds_Behind_Master' "$sql_info")" = '0' ] || return 1
+    [ "$(get_field 'Slave_SQL_Running' "$sql_info")" = 'Yes' ] || return 1
+    [ "$(get_field 'Last_SQL_Errno' "$sql_info")" = '0' ] || return 1
     return 0
 }