diff --git a/build_pdata.sh b/build_pdata.sh
index 4c1eaa7f9ea21df571670aed028d9bd92dffd58b..1601754aef3ad0a6ecbc3d8f9f162fca1e1312df 100644
--- a/build_pdata.sh
+++ b/build_pdata.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ cd ..
 cd "$1/OpenFPM_pdata"
 
 if [ "$2" == "gin" ]
+then
  echo "Compiling on gin\n"
  source ~/.bashrc
  sh ./autogen.sh