diff --git a/code/templates/mfl b/code/templates/mfl
index 35ad4c1..f7db672 100755
--- a/code/templates/mfl
+++ b/code/templates/mfl
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ curl -fL -g --upload-file "file_to_upload.ext" \\
     "$MFL_ROOTURL"/upload
 
 # Simplified:
-FN=file_to_upload.ext; curl -fL -g --upload-file "$FN" -H "Name: $( basename "$FN" )" -H "Token: $token" "$MFL_ROOTURL"/upload
+FN=file_to_upload.ext; curl -fL -g --upload-file "\$FN" -H "Name: \$( basename "\$FN" )" -H "Token: $token" "$MFL_ROOTURL"/upload
 EOF
 }