diff --git a/bin/recog_standardize b/bin/recog_standardize
index 8e067019..743ab550 100755
--- a/bin/recog_standardize
+++ b/bin/recog_standardize
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ ARGV.each do |arg|
       f.params.each do |k,v|
         paramIndex, val = v
         next if paramIndex != 0
-        next if val.index("{") != -1
+        next if val.index("{") != nil
         next if val.strip == ""
         case k
         when "os.vendor", "service.vendor", "service.component.vendor", "hw.vendor"