diff --git a/scripts/test-variables b/scripts/test-variables
index ebfb57c..7eaa8e2 100755
--- a/scripts/test-variables
+++ b/scripts/test-variables
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ OFF=$'\e[0;0m'
 
 RES_OK=${GRN}OK${OFF}
 RES_FAIL=${RED}FAIL${OFF}
+RES_ERROR=${RED}ERR${OFF}
 RES_ULT=${BLD}RESULT${OFF}
 #RES_FAIL_BLINK="${RED_BLINK}FAIL${OFF}"
 RES_FAIL_BIG="${RED_BOLD}######## FAIL ########${OFF}"
diff --git a/scripts/wrapper-badblocks b/scripts/wrapper-badblocks
index 8afeb32..3de99ea 100755
--- a/scripts/wrapper-badblocks
+++ b/scripts/wrapper-badblocks
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ else
 		done
 		smartctl -A -f brief /dev/$DISK \
 		| parse-smart-attr \
-		| sed 's/ERROR/${RED}ERROR${OFF}/g' \
+		| sed 's/ERROR/$RES_ERROR/g' \
 			> $OUTPUT_DIR/disk/$SERIAL.smart.error
 	fi
 fi