diff --git a/collect.sh b/collect.sh
index 7321d02..d603021 100755
--- a/collect.sh
+++ b/collect.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-greeting="Running perfcollect for $1 minutes"
+minutes=$1
+
+greeting="Running perfcollect for $minutes minutes"
 echo "$greeting"
 echo "Will auto upload to iXsystem when completed."
 echo "Airgapped Systems will need to exfiltrate /root/*.csv"
 
-python3 ./collect.zpool.iostat.py --minutes $1
+python3 ./collect.zpool.iostat.py --minutes $minutes
 
 start_time=$(date +%s)  # Get start time in seconds since epoch
 duration=$(($1*60))            # Set duration in seconds (here: 5 minutes)