diff --git a/passes/techmap/abc9.cc b/passes/techmap/abc9.cc
index 7039d4dd8..fb0c547a3 100644
--- a/passes/techmap/abc9.cc
+++ b/passes/techmap/abc9.cc
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ void abc9_module(RTLIL::Design *design, RTLIL::Module *module, std::string scrip
 		for (size_t pos = abc9_script.find("&mfs"); pos != std::string::npos; pos = abc9_script.find("&mfs", pos))
 			abc9_script = abc9_script.erase(pos, strlen("&mfs"));
 
-	abc9_script += stringf("&ps -l; &write -n %s/output.aig; time", tempdir_name.c_str());
+	abc9_script += stringf("; &ps -l; &write -n %s/output.aig; time", tempdir_name.c_str());
 	abc9_script = add_echos_to_abc9_cmd(abc9_script);
 
 	for (size_t i = 0; i+1 < abc9_script.size(); i++)