diff --git a/zssh.funcs.zsh b/zssh.funcs.zsh
index 10396b9..d7ef6c9 100644
--- a/zssh.funcs.zsh
+++ b/zssh.funcs.zsh
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function zssh_generate_config4
   then
     sshkey="$zssh_private_keys/$ssh_node.key"
     zshlibs_log zssh_client "generating '$dst' with key '$sshkey'"
-    matched=1
+    matched="1"
     rm "$dst" 2> /dev/null
     for src in "$srcs"/*.sshconf(N)
     do