diff --git a/scripts/buildvm.sh b/scripts/buildvm.sh
index fa637d0..2e7cb24 100644
--- a/scripts/buildvm.sh
+++ b/scripts/buildvm.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ _red() { echo -e "\033[31m\033[01m$@\033[0m"; }
 _green() { echo -e "\033[32m\033[01m$@\033[0m"; }
 _yellow() { echo -e "\033[33m\033[01m$@\033[0m"; }
 _blue() { echo -e "\033[36m\033[01m$@\033[0m"; }
-reading(){ read -rp "$(green "$1")" "$2"; }
+reading(){ read -rp "$(_green "$1")" "$2"; }
 utf8_locale=$(locale -a 2>/dev/null | grep -i -m 1 utf8)
 if [[ -z "$utf8_locale" ]]; then
   _yellow "No UTF-8 locale found"