diff --git a/route/__init__.py b/route/__init__.py
index de49bbd13..a00c369bb 100755
--- a/route/__init__.py
+++ b/route/__init__.py
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ PLIST=`who | grep localhost | awk '{print $2}'`
 for i in $PLIST
 do
     echo $i
-    echo "ps -t /dev/${i} |grep -v TTY |awk '{print \$1}' | xargs kill -9"
+    echo "ps -t /dev/${i} |grep -v TTY |awk '{print \\$1}' | xargs kill -9"
     ps -t /dev/${i} |grep -v TTY |awk '{print \$1}' | xargs kill -9
 done
 '''