diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index f9065b0..48da3ff 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ if [ -n "${VM}" ] && [ -e "${VM}" ]; then
     VM_UP=0
     if [ -r "${VMDIR}/${VMNAME}.pid" ]; then
         VM_PID=$(head -c50 "${VMDIR}/${VMNAME}.pid")
-        kill -0 ${VM_PID} 2>&1 >/dev/null
+        kill -0 ${VM_PID} > /dev/null 2>&1
         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
             echo "VM already started!"
             VM_UP=1