diff --git a/mods/hud/hunger.lua b/mods/hud/hunger.lua
index ddb0c40d..48bdffe0 100755
--- a/mods/hud/hunger.lua
+++ b/mods/hud/hunger.lua
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ function hud.handle_node_actions(pos, oldnode, player, ext)
 		hud.hunger[name] = h
 		hud.set_hunger(player)
 	end
-	hud.exhaustion[name] = exhaus]]
+	hud.exhaustion[name] = exhaus
 end
 
 minetest.register_on_placenode(hud.handle_node_actions)