diff --git a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
index ced548eac..07137b371 100755
--- a/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
+++ b/birdnet-pi/rootfs/custom-services.d/30-monitoring.sh
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function apprisemessage() {
         NOTIFICATION+="<br> <a href=\"$BIRDNETPI_URL\">Access your BirdNET-Pi</a>"
     fi
     TITLE="BirdNET-Analyzer stopped"
-    $HOME/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/apprise -vv -t "$TITLE" -b "${NOTIFICATION}" --input-format=html --config="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt"
+    "$HOME"/BirdNET-Pi/birdnet/bin/apprise -vv -t "$TITLE" -b "${NOTIFICATION}" --input-format=html --config="$HOME/BirdNET-Pi/apprise.txt"
 }
 
 while true; do