diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index 44ca0554c..ab0fbcf3d 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ async function checkStorage(volumeId, prefix) {
 
     const storageDir = path.join(volume.hostPath, prefix);
     const [error] = await safe(shell.promises.sudo('checkStorage', [ CHECKVOLUME_CMD, storageDir ], {}));
-    if (error && error.code === 2) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `Targer directory ${storageDir} is not empty`);
-    if (error && error.code === 3) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `Targer directory ${storageDir} does not support chown`);
+    if (error && error.code === 2) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `Target directory ${storageDir} is not empty`);
+    if (error && error.code === 3) throw new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `Target directory ${storageDir} does not support chown`);
 
     return null;
 }
diff --git a/src/scripts/checkvolume.sh b/src/scripts/checkvolume.sh
index 719577a98..67c012312 100755
--- a/src/scripts/checkvolume.sh
+++ b/src/scripts/checkvolume.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ readonly test_file="${volume_dir}/.chown-test"
 mkdir -p "${volume_dir}"
 rm -f "${test_file}" # clean up any from previous run
 
-if [[ -n "$(ls -A \"${volume_dir}\")" ]]; then
+if [[ -n $(ls -A "${volume_dir}") ]]; then
     echo "volume dir is not empty"
     exit 2
 fi