diff --git a/base-hw/run/env b/base-hw/run/env
index 821cf42f7..678745952 100644
--- a/base-hw/run/env
+++ b/base-hw/run/env
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ proc run_genode_until {{wait_for_re forever} {timeout_value 0}} {
 
 	if {[target] == "qemu"} { spawn_qemu $wait_for_re $timeout_value
 	} else {
-		puts stderr "Error: Can't execute automatically on target '$target'"
+		puts stderr "Error: Can't execute automatically on target '[target]'"
 		puts stderr "       Target might be: 'qemu'"
 		exit -1
 	}