diff --git a/gestion/gen_confs/firewall_new.py b/gestion/gen_confs/firewall_new.py
index 577e4601..5cb530b0 100755
--- a/gestion/gen_confs/firewall_new.py
+++ b/gestion/gen_confs/firewall_new.py
@@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ def iptables(cmd):
     
 def iptables_restore(path):
     #~ syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO,cmd)
-    status,output=getstatusoutput("cat %s | /sbin/iptables-restore -n" % path)
+    cmd = "cat %s | /sbin/iptables-restore -n" % path
+    status,output=getstatusoutput(cmd)
     if status:
         raise IptablesError(cmd,status,output)
     return output