diff --git a/matlab/bvar_toolbox.m b/matlab/bvar_toolbox.m
index eb0a55cca..8cb86f632 100644
--- a/matlab/bvar_toolbox.m
+++ b/matlab/bvar_toolbox.m
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ mnprior.tight = options_.bvar_prior_tau;
 mnprior.decay = options_.bvar_prior_decay;
 
 % Use only initializations lags for the variance prior
-vprior.sig = std(dataset(options_.first_obs+options_.presample-nlags:options_.first_obs+options_.presample,:))'
+vprior.sig = std(dataset(options_.first_obs+options_.presample-nlags:options_.first_obs+options_.presample,:))';
 vprior.w = options_.bvar_prior_omega;
 
 lambda = options_.bvar_prior_lambda;