diff --git a/scripts/clean_articles_url.php b/scripts/clean_articles_url.php
index ad651150179e293565b6bb41397950ffe36ca0fa..37704fa228e2b13d5faf62aea0bac46b027ade18 100644
--- a/scripts/clean_articles_url.php
+++ b/scripts/clean_articles_url.php
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if (!$argv[2]) {
     exit(1);
 }
 $hostname=$argv[1];
-$basedir = $argv[2]];
+$basedir = $argv[2];
 
 chdir($basedir);