diff --git a/rowbot b/rowbot
index 36ba05b..48c64cb 100755
--- a/rowbot
+++ b/rowbot
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ seconds() {
     time+=", "
   fi
 
-  time="$seconds second"
+  time+="$seconds second"
 
   if (( seconds > 1 )); then
     time+=s