diff --git a/addalias.sh b/addalias.sh
index a69e52f..2c33173 100644
--- a/addalias.sh
+++ b/addalias.sh
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ echo "Which command do you want to use as alias?"
 read alias
 echo "Which command should your alias execute?"
 read command
-echo $alias="command"  | tee -a ~/.bashrc
+echo $alias="$command"  | tee -a ~/.bashrc
 echo Alias $alias added