diff --git a/init_nfs_server.sh b/init_nfs_server.sh
index 8cc13f6..71dcf26 100644
--- a/init_nfs_server.sh
+++ b/init_nfs_server.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ sudo lsblk
 echo -n "disk name (eg vdb): "
 read -r DISK_NAME
 
-perform_lvm_tasks() {
+function perform_lvm_tasks() {
     echo -ne "
 Next Step
 1) create /vgnfs/lvdata on $DISK_NAME and mount as xfs
@@ -54,4 +54,5 @@ EOF
       ;;
     esac
 }
+perform_lvm_tasks
 echo "now pulling exports from repo"
\ No newline at end of file