diff --git a/tests/scripts/get_author_email.sh b/tests/scripts/get_author_email.sh
index 9937c24a01..612b62345c 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/get_author_email.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/get_author_email.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 function get_author_email(){
     email=$(git --no-pager show -s --format=\'%ae\' HEAD )
-    if [[ "${email}" == 'nobody@nowhere' ]]; then 
+    if [[ "${email}" == \'nobody@nowhere\' ]]; then 
         email=$(git --no-pager show -s --format=\'%ae\' HEAD^ )
     fi 
    echo ${email} | sed $'s/\'//g'