diff --git a/get_temp.sh b/get_temp.sh
index d5352d9..504bc68 100644
--- a/get_temp.sh
+++ b/get_temp.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-response = `i2cget -y 1 0x18 0x05`
+response = `i2cget -y 1 0x18 0x05 w`
 upper_byte = $(($response & 0x00FF))
-echo response
-echo upper_byte
\ No newline at end of file
+echo $response
+echo $upper_byte
\ No newline at end of file