diff --git a/require-ess/tools/iocsh_functions.bash b/require-ess/tools/iocsh_functions.bash
index 9e1b7f6836988e059f71b3eebd62baa69a785bbd..19ea315ab0611dd34e179504f2fd712b2ab34e7e 100644
--- a/require-ess/tools/iocsh_functions.bash
+++ b/require-ess/tools/iocsh_functions.bash
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@ function loadFiles() {
           shift
           if [[ -z "${1#*=}" ]]; then
             __LOADER__="gdb --eval-command run --args "
-            else
-              __LOADER__="gdb ${1#*=} "
-            fi
+          else
+            __LOADER__="gdb ${1#*=} "
+          fi
         else
           printf "Wrong option format!"
           help