diff --git a/contrib/hugin.lua b/contrib/hugin.lua
index 85fe5f85..46fbd90c 100644
--- a/contrib/hugin.lua
+++ b/contrib/hugin.lua
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ end
 
 local function show_status(storage, image, format, filename,
   number, total, high_quality, extra_data)
-  dt.print(string.format(_("exporting to hugin: %d / $d"), number, total))
+  dt.print(string.format(_("exporting to hugin: %d / %d"), number, total))
 end
 
 local function create_panorama(storage, image_table, extra_data) --finalize