diff --git a/gogo/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/gogo/runtime/Closure.java b/gogo/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/gogo/runtime/Closure.java
index 0e84c33..77db7e4 100644
--- a/gogo/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/gogo/runtime/Closure.java
+++ b/gogo/runtime/src/main/java/org/apache/felix/gogo/runtime/Closure.java
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
 
     private boolean bareword(Token t, Object v) throws Exception
     {
-        return ((t.type == Type.WORD) && t.value.equals(v));
+        return ((t.type == Type.WORD) && t.value.toString().equals(v));
     }
 
     private Object executeCmd(String scmd, List<Object> values) throws Exception