diff --git a/ChefExtensionHandler/bin/parse_env_variables.py b/ChefExtensionHandler/bin/parse_env_variables.py
index 88d0ea54..6afa4723 100644
--- a/ChefExtensionHandler/bin/parse_env_variables.py
+++ b/ChefExtensionHandler/bin/parse_env_variables.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 with open(sys.argv[1]) as data_file:
     data = json.load(data_file, strict=False)
 data = data['runtimeSettings'][0]['handlerSettings']['publicSettings']['environment_variables']
-comands=""
+commands=""
 for key, value in data.items():
-    comands=comands+'export '+key+'="'+value+'";'
-print comands
+    commands=commands+'export '+key+'="'+value+'";'
+print commands
diff --git a/ChefExtensionHandler/bin/shared.sh b/ChefExtensionHandler/bin/shared.sh
index 3ea67fe5..93f94182 100644
--- a/ChefExtensionHandler/bin/shared.sh
+++ b/ChefExtensionHandler/bin/shared.sh
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ get_file_path_to_parse_env_variables(){
 }
 
 export_env_vars() {
-  comands="`python $path_to_parse_env_variables \"$1\"`"
-  eval $comands
+  commands="`python $path_to_parse_env_variables \"$1\"`"
+  eval $commands
 }
 
 read_environment_variables(){