diff --git a/base/start.sh b/base/start.sh
index 36ba9e4..0ccba6e 100755
--- a/base/start.sh
+++ b/base/start.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 home_dir="$(dirname $(readlink -f $BASH_SOURCE))"
 "$home_dir/config.sh" || { echo "Failed configuration" ; exit 1 }
 
-LSMB_CONFIG_FILE=${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE:-/srv/ledgersmb/local/conf/ledgersmb.yaml}
+LSMB_CONFIG_FILE="${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE:-/srv/ledgersmb/local/conf/ledgersmb.yaml}"
 export LSMB_CONFIG_FILE
 echo "--------- LEDGERSMB CONFIGURATION:  $LSMB_CONFIG_FILE"
-cat ${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE}
+cat "${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE}"
 echo '--------- LEDGERSMB CONFIGURATION --- END'
 
 exec "$home_dir/run.sh"
diff --git a/proxy/services/starman/run b/proxy/services/starman/run
index 72dbcb9..854a1cd 100644
--- a/proxy/services/starman/run
+++ b/proxy/services/starman/run
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/with-contenv /bin/bash
 
 
-LSMB_CONFIG_FILE=${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE:-/srv/ledgersmb/local/conf/ledgersmb.yaml}
+LSMB_CONFIG_FILE="${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE:-/srv/ledgersmb/local/conf/ledgersmb.yaml}"
 export LSMB_CONFIG_FILE
 echo "--------- LEDGERSMB CONFIGURATION:  $LSMB_CONFIG_FILE"
-cat ${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE}
+cat "${LSMB_CONFIG_FILE}"
 echo '--------- LEDGERSMB CONFIGURATION --- END'
 
 s6-setuidgid www-data /usr/local/bin/run.sh