diff --git a/config b/config
index ed62d2d3..9c2d5671 100755
--- a/config
+++ b/config
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-c" ]; then
 	echo "$value" > /dev/null
 	set -- $value
 
-	callsign="$1"
+	oldcallsign="$1"
 
 	echo "Current value of CALLSIGN is"	
 	echo $oldcallsign
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-c" ]; then
 #	echo $1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9 ${10} 
 
 	echo "Enter callsign in all capitals: "
-	read $oldcallsign
+	read $callsign
 
 	if [ -z $callsign ] ; then