diff --git a/scripts/run_tower_level_b1.sh b/scripts/run_tower_level_b1.sh
index 85888655dca22c542d257e8390bb7fbf1f947798..b1f7722933593b0778db44fcb9c3589df4429bb6 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tower_level_b1.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tower_level_b1.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ fi
     # assumes that out_file is what the archive script wrote the file as
     $ENV/bin/python -m aosstower.level_b1.quicklook -vv --thumbnail -s "$DATE" -i "$out_file" -o "$tmp_dir/aoss_tower.{plot_name}.{start_time:%Y-%m-%d}.png" -p meteorogram td pressure wind_speed wind_dir accum_precip solar_flux
     quicklook_status=$?
-    if [ $quicklook_statis -ne 0 ]; then
+    if [ $quicklook_status -ne 0 ]; then
         oops "Quicklook generation failed for $DATE"
     fi