diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ea3644..fcb8ece 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Removed
 
+## [3.0.10] - 2023-04-24
+
+### Fixed
+
+- correctly escape variables in *guacamole_init.template.sh*
+
 ## [3.0.9] - 2023-04-24
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/scripts/guacamole_init.template.sh b/scripts/guacamole_init.template.sh
index f7bbf98..bab9474 100644
--- a/scripts/guacamole_init.template.sh
+++ b/scripts/guacamole_init.template.sh
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export PRIVATE_IP=\$(hostname -I |cut -d' ' -f1)
 BOOTSTRAP_STATUS1=\$((sudo cloud-init status 2>/dev/null|| echo "n/a")|cut -d' ' -f2|sed 's/ //g')
 BOOTSTRAP_STATUS2=\$(cat /var/log/boostrap_custom_config_status 2>/dev/null|| echo "n/a")
 BOOTSTRAP_CURRENT=$(ps -ef|grep guacamole_init.sh|grep -iv grep|wc -l)
-if [[ "$BOOTSTRAP_CURRENT" == *"running"* ]] && [ $BOOTSTRAP_CURRENT -eq 0 ]; then
+if [[ "\$BOOTSTRAP_STATUS2" == *"running"* ]] && [ \$BOOTSTRAP_CURRENT -eq 0 ]; then
   BOOTSTRAP_STATUS2="error"
 fi