diff --git a/get-block.sh b/get-block.sh
index d71cae8b..e05d6d9d 100755
--- a/get-block.sh
+++ b/get-block.sh
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ if is_decimal "$block_input"; then
   block_input="0x$(printf "%x" "$block_input")"
 fi
 
-request="{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"eth_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"${block_input}\",false],\"id\":1}" 
+request="{\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"method\":\"eth_getBlockByNumber\",\"params\":[\"${block_input}\", false],\"id\":1}" 
 
 echo "${request}"
 
-curl -s -X POST "${1}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data "'${request}'" | jq -r '.result.number, .result.hash' | gawk '{if (NR==1) print "Block Number:", strtonum($0); else print "Block Hash:", $0}'
+curl -s -X POST "${1}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data "${request}" | jq -r '.result.number, .result.hash' | gawk '{if (NR==1) print "Block Number:", strtonum($0); else print "Block Hash:", $0}'