diff --git a/sit b/sit
index ff3b6f1..136b0fd 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ if [ ! -z "$MPI" ] ; then
 
     case $COMPILER in
 	intel)
-            if [[ $mpi == "impi" ]] ; then
+            if [[ $MPI == "impi" ]] ; then
 		MPICC="mpiicc"
 		MPICXX="mpiicpc"
 		MPIFC="mpiifort"
@@ -131,7 +131,6 @@ if [ ! -z "$MPI" ] ; then
     MPI_DIR=${MPI_DIR:=$(dirname $(dirname $(which $MPICC)))}
 fi
 
-
 SCLASSFILE=$1
 ACTION=$2