diff --git a/buildScripts/travisHomeBrewDoItAll b/buildScripts/travisHomeBrewDoItAll
index 2f20ad3..8a4e9ea 100755
--- a/buildScripts/travisHomeBrewDoItAll
+++ b/buildScripts/travisHomeBrewDoItAll
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ echo $PATH
 echo $LDFLAGS
 echo $CPPFLAGS
 which clang
-python2Version = brew info --json=v1 python@2 | jq '.[].installed[].version'
+export python2Version=$(brew info --json=v1 python@2 | jq '.[].installed[].version')
 echo $python2Version
 echo "-------------------------------------------------"
 brew info python@2