diff --git a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
index 5857227029340f780a878eb6e924e864db961a69..097f0edff5ec7f3ce3f6596cd11bc3e97dc7b5b1 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/sbbs3/GNUmakefile
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ $(UNBAJA): $(UNBAJA_OBJS) | $(OBJODIR) $(EXEODIR)
 	$(QUIET)$(CC) $(CONSOLE_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(UNBAJA_OBJS) $(XPDEV_LIBS) $(UTIL_LIBS)
 
 # Node Utility
-$(NODE): $(NODE_OBJS $(ENCODE_LIB)
+$(NODE): $(NODE_OBJS) $(ENCODE_LIB)
 	@echo Linking $@
 	$(QUIET)$(CC) $(CONSOLE_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(NODE_OBJS) $(XPDEV_LIBS) $(ENCODE_LIBS)