diff --git a/utils/imeigen.awk b/utils/imeigen.awk
index 68594d4..1e43193 100644
--- a/utils/imeigen.awk
+++ b/utils/imeigen.awk
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ function luhn(imeistr,  acc, i, l, d) {
 
 BEGIN {
   srand() # init PRNG
-  imei=ARGV[1]
+  imei = ARGV[1]
   gsub(/[^0-9]/, "", imei) # remove all non-digits
   for(i=0;i<14;i++) # append 14 random digits
     imei = imei int(rand()*10)