diff --git a/hosts b/hosts
index 259d8c0..dac89f2 100755
--- a/hosts
+++ b/hosts
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@ _load_commands() {
     # Add the function name to the $_DEFINED_COMMANDS array unless it starts
     # with an underscore or is one of the desc(), debug(), or die() functions,
     # since these are treated as having 'private' visibility.
-    if ! ( [[ "${_function_name}" =~ ^_(.*)  ]] || \
+    if ! { [[ "${_function_name}" =~ ^_(.*)  ]] || \
            [[ "${_function_name}" == "desc"  ]] || \
            [[ "${_function_name}" == "debug" ]] || \
            [[ "${_function_name}" == "die"   ]]
-    )
+    }
     then
       _DEFINED_COMMANDS+=("${_function_name}")
     fi