diff --git a/redhat-init-jkoppe b/redhat-init-jkoppe
index 6abeb25..1d9dea1 100755
--- a/redhat-init-jkoppe
+++ b/redhat-init-jkoppe
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stop() {
                 echo "Supervisord exited as expected in under $total_sleep seconds"
                 break
             else
-                if [[ $sleep -eq "last" ]] ; then
+                if [[ $sleep = "last" ]] ; then
                     echo "Supervisord still working on shutting down. We've waited roughly 60 seconds, we'll let it do its thing from here"
                     return 1
                 else
diff --git a/redhat-init-mingalevme b/redhat-init-mingalevme
index 51a0c7e..d80f661 100755
--- a/redhat-init-mingalevme
+++ b/redhat-init-mingalevme
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ stop() {
                     echo "Supervisord exited as expected in under $total_sleep seconds"
                     break
                 else
-                    if [[ $sleep -eq "last" ]] ; then
+                    if [[ $sleep = "last" ]] ; then
                         echo "Supervisord still working on shutting down. We've waited roughly 60 seconds, we'll let it do its thing from here"
                         return 1
                     else