diff --git a/addon/yacyInit.m4 b/addon/yacyInit.m4
index d734e73d8..9f9f5e09d 100644
--- a/addon/yacyInit.m4
+++ b/addon/yacyInit.m4
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ then
 	fi
 	
 else
-	JAVA_ARGS="-Xmx=120m -Xms120m $JAVA_ARGS"
+	JAVA_ARGS="-Xmx120m -Xms120m $JAVA_ARGS"
 fi
 
 # generating the proper classpath