diff --git a/scripts/start-dev-db.sh b/scripts/start-dev-db.sh
index 69e6a47d..f3ed111c 100755
--- a/scripts/start-dev-db.sh
+++ b/scripts/start-dev-db.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ echo "echo stop & remove old docker [$SERVER] and starting new fresh instance of
 
 # wait for pg to start
 echo "sleep wait for pg-server [$SERVER] to start";
-SLEEP 10;
+sleep 10;
 
 # create the db
 echo "CREATE DATABASE $DATABASE_NAME ENCODING 'UTF-8';" | docker exec -i $SERVER psql -U postgres