diff --git a/programs/ziti-edge-tunnel/package/deb/postinst.in b/programs/ziti-edge-tunnel/package/deb/postinst.in
index f2d53d4a..24e8fedb 100644
--- a/programs/ziti-edge-tunnel/package/deb/postinst.in
+++ b/programs/ziti-edge-tunnel/package/deb/postinst.in
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
       echo  "Completed clean install of @SYSTEMD_SERVICE_NAME@."\
             "Get started by adding an identity: Start @SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILE_NAME@ and run:" \
       | fold -w $ssize
-      echo "  ziti-edge-tunnel add --jwt \"\$(< ziti_id.jwt)\" --identity \"ziti_id\""
+      echo '  ziti-edge-tunnel add --jwt "$(< ziti_id.jwt)" --identity "ziti_id"'
     fi
     if [ "${service_user}" = "root" ]; then
       echo "@SYSTEMD_SERVICE_NAME@ will run as root, since policykit cannot be configured to authorize set-llmnr on this system". | fold -w $ssize
diff --git a/programs/ziti-edge-tunnel/package/rpm/post.sh.in b/programs/ziti-edge-tunnel/package/rpm/post.sh.in
index 76204ca1..2ff1f64c 100644
--- a/programs/ziti-edge-tunnel/package/rpm/post.sh.in
+++ b/programs/ziti-edge-tunnel/package/rpm/post.sh.in
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if [ $1 -ne 0 ]; then
         echo  "Completed clean install of $SYSTEMD_SERVICE_NAME"\
               "Get started by adding an identity: Start $SYSTEMD_UNIT_FILE_NAME and run:" \
         | fold -w $ssize
-        echo "  ziti-edge-tunnel add --jwt "\$(< ziti_id.jwt)\" --identity \"ziti_id\""
+        echo '  ziti-edge-tunnel add --jwt "$(< ziti_id.jwt)" --identity "ziti_id"'
     fi
     printf %"$ssize"s | tr " " "-"
     printf '\n\n'