diff --git a/bin/image-load b/bin/image-load
index f890d22e8b8b4f4ddba747028304192a772f616b..97b18726dcd866e965e40839285baff8fb3d34a2 100755
--- a/bin/image-load
+++ b/bin/image-load
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ if [ -z "IMAGE_ROOT" ] || [ -z "IMAGE_OS" ] || [ -z "IMAGE_VERSION" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-VERSION=$(ls -t $IMAGE_ROOT | grep ".sif\|.simg" | head -1)
+VERSION=$(\ls -t $IMAGE_ROOT | grep ".sif\|.simg" | head -1)
 
 if [ ! -d "$HOME/.singularity/images" ]; then
    mkdir -p $HOME/.singularity/images
 fi
 
-LOCAL=$(ls $HOME/.singularity/images | grep $IMAGE_OS-$IMAGE_VERSION | head -1)
+LOCAL=$(\ls $HOME/.singularity/images | grep $IMAGE_OS-$IMAGE_VERSION | head -1)
 
 if [[ -z "$LOCAL" ]]; then
    echo -ne "\e[33mPreparing image \e[0m"