diff --git a/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/bin/balances.pl b/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/bin/balances.pl
index 6ffdc46..3ae51c2 100644
--- a/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/bin/balances.pl
+++ b/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/bin/balances.pl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $|=1;
 # While Siona swims, we pave with bricks on the road she will run on...
 my $STATS       = {};
 my $acname      = $ENV{SIONA_ACNAME} || 'DRAGONWX';
-my $ticker      = $acname == 'HUSH3' ? 'HUSH' : $acname;
+my $ticker      = $acname eq 'HUSH3' ? 'HUSH' : $acname;
 my $domain      = $ENV{SIONA_DOMAIN} || '$domain';
 my $dir         = shift || "/var/www/$domain/var/www/$domain/api";
 my $getinfo     = readfile("$dir/getinfo.json");
diff --git a/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/update_api.sh b/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/update_api.sh
index ce54872..fe6eeb2 100644
--- a/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/update_api.sh
+++ b/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/update_api.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Copyright 2016-2022 The Hush Developers
 
-DOMAIN=$(SIONA_DOMAIN)
-CLI=$(SIONA_CLI)
+DOMAIN=${SIONA_DOMAIN}
+CLI=${SIONA_CLI}
 # this is optional and not used yet here
-ACNAME=$(SIONA_ACNAME)
+ACNAME=${SIONA_ACNAME}
 DIR=/var/www/$DOMAIN/var/www/$DOMAIN/api
 
 # TODO: remove IP info from getpeerinfo
diff --git a/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/update_explorer_data.sh b/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/update_explorer_data.sh
index bdadd3a..9e7435c 100644
--- a/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/update_explorer_data.sh
+++ b/var/www/explorer.dragonx.is/update_explorer_data.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-cli=$(SIONA_CLI)
+cli=${SIONA_CLI}
 
 # only ask for data if we don't have it
 #if [ -s ~/data/blocks/block-$HEIGHT.json ]; then