diff --git a/hotpocket.sh b/hotpocket.sh
index 31ef852..0de7855 100755
--- a/hotpocket.sh
+++ b/hotpocket.sh
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ checkSignature () {
     gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring "$KEYRING_FILE" --verify "$wd/content.json.sig"
     code="$?"
     if [ "$code" != "0" ]; then
-        echo "checkSignature: Exception when verifying policy signature. Exit code: $?" 1>&2
+        echo "checkSignature: Exception when verifying policy signature. Exit code: $code" 1>&2
         rm "$wd/content.json.sig" "$wd/content.json"
         rmdir "$wd"
         return 4