diff --git a/lib/Git/IssueManager/Issue.pm b/lib/Git/IssueManager/Issue.pm
index c44c81c..db9a033 100644
--- a/lib/Git/IssueManager/Issue.pm
+++ b/lib/Git/IssueManager/Issue.pm
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ has 'type' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Str', default => 'bug', trigger => sub {
 
             die("unknown value in type (" . $new . ")") unless lc($new) eq "bug" || lc($new) eq "security-bug" ||
                                                        lc($new) eq "improvement" || lc($new) eq "feature" ||
-                                                       lc($new) eq "task" || lc($$new) eq "epic";
+                                                       lc($new) eq "task" || lc($new) eq "epic";
 });
 
 =attr status