diff --git a/rc.lua.template b/rc.lua.template
index 4ae2080..f2f9d6c 100644
--- a/rc.lua.template
+++ b/rc.lua.template
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ run_once({ "urxvtd", "unclutter -root" }) -- entries must be separated by commas
 -- This function implements the XDG autostart specification
 --[[
 awful.spawn.with_shell(
-    'if (xrdb -query | grep --quiet "^awesome\\.started:\\s*true$"); then; exit; fi;' ..
+    'if (xrdb -query | grep --quiet "^awesome\\.started:\\s*true$"); then exit; fi;' ..
     'xrdb -merge <<< "awesome.started:true";' ..
     -- list each of your autostart commands, followed by ; inside single quotes, followed by ..
     'dex --environment Awesome --autostart --search-paths "$XDG_CONFIG_DIRS/autostart:$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autostart"' -- https://github.com/jceb/dex