diff --git a/sbt b/sbt
index cfd9eba4b..38f54e25a 100755
--- a/sbt
+++ b/sbt
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ getPreloaded() {
   [ "$global_base" ] && echo "$global_base/preloaded" && return
 
   local user_home && user_home=$(findProperty user.home)
-  echo "${user_home:-$HOME}/.sbt/preloaded}}"
+  echo "${user_home:-$HOME}/.sbt/preloaded"
 }
 
 syncPreloaded() {