diff --git a/utils/watchcontainerrun.sh b/utils/watchcontainerrun.sh
index 6bd720090..97aa18355 100755
--- a/utils/watchcontainerrun.sh
+++ b/utils/watchcontainerrun.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ CLEANUPSCRIPT="$4"
 
 TRIES=1
 
-while ! grep -q 'CONTAINER_ID=' "$FILENAME" > /dev/null 2&>/dev/null ; do
+while ! grep -q 'CONTAINER_ID=' "$FILENAME" > /dev/null 2>/dev/null ; do
   sleep 1
   TRIES=$((1+$TRIES))
   if [ "$TRIES" -ge 20 ] ; then
@@ -32,9 +32,11 @@ while [ -e "$FILENAME" ] ; do
     rm "$FILENAME"
     exit
   fi
-  inotifywait -e ATTRIB -t 10 "$FILENAME" > /dev/null 2&>/dev/null
+  inotifywait -e ATTRIB -t 10 "$FILENAME" > /dev/null 2>/dev/null
 done
 
+echo "containerfile was removed; initiating stop on container with id:"
+echo -n "  "
 $RUNNER stop "$CONTAINER_ID"
 
 $CLEANUPSCRIPT