diff --git a/sit b/sit
index 4030281..65cbfc4 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ case $PLATFORM in
 esac
 echo "Loading modules: ${COMPILER_MODULE} ${MPI_MODULE}"
 
-module load "${COMPILER_MODULE}" "${MPI_MODULE}"
+module load ${COMPILER_MODULE} ${MPI_MODULE}
 
 if [ ! -z "${COMPILER}" ] ; then
     # reevaluate compiler version