diff --git a/releng.control/promote.sh b/releng.control/promote.sh
index f7afbac7ec9f3820bc3c4b5cbb4e98d6a3fcd5e7..2939e878b772bc377b0bfaccc12c916a8b81f606 100755
--- a/releng.control/promote.sh
+++ b/releng.control/promote.sh
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ echo "Drop directory: ${dropDirName}"
 
 FROMDIR=${mostRecentDir}/${dropDirName}
 
-if [[ processArtifacts ]] 
+if [[ $processArtifacts ]] 
 then
 #run pack200 (and, recompute checksums) before literally promoting
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ fi
 # TODO: we currently do not add properties to tests repo ... maybe should? for mirror URL, at least. 
 # TODO: a fourth argument can be specified to provide stats suffix 
 # such as _helios_SR2, _indigo_SR0 ... but, takes some customization updated fairly often, to be accurate. 
-if [[ addProperties -a \( -d "${repoDirLocation}" \) ]]
+if [[ $addProperties -a \( -d "${repoDirLocation}" \) ]]
 then
      ${RELENG_CONTROL}/addRepoProperties.sh "${repoDirLocation}" "${buildBranch}" "${dropDirName}"
 fi