diff --git a/gravity-sync.sh b/gravity-sync.sh
index d9ef5e8..7f68c65 100755
--- a/gravity-sync.sh
+++ b/gravity-sync.sh
@@ -653,13 +653,13 @@ function create_rsynccmd {
 	then
 		if [ -z "$SSHPASSWORD" ]
 		then
-			RSYNC_SEND="rsync -e "${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i $HOME/${SSH_PKIF}" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}:${RSYNC_SOURCE} ${RSYNC_TARGET}"
+			RSYNC_SEND="rsync -e \"${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i $HOME/${SSH_PKIF}\" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}:${RSYNC_SOURCE} ${RSYNC_TARGET}"
 		else
-			RSYNC_SEND="rsync -e "${SSHPASSWORD} ${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i $HOME/${SSH_PKIF}" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}:${RSYNC_SOURCE} ${RSYNC_TARGET}"
+			RSYNC_SEND="rsync -e \"${SSHPASSWORD} ${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i $HOME/${SSH_PKIF}\" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}:${RSYNC_SOURCE} ${RSYNC_TARGET}"
 		fi
 	elif hash dbclient 2>/dev/null
 	then
-		RSYNC_SEND="rsync -e "${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i $HOME/${SSH_PKIF}" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}:${RSYNC_SOURCE} ${RSYNC_TARGET}"
+		RSYNC_SEND="rsync -e \"${SSH_CMD} -p ${SSH_PORT} -i $HOME/${SSH_PKIF}\" ${REMOTE_USER}@${REMOTE_HOST}:${RSYNC_SOURCE} ${RSYNC_TARGET}"
 	fi
 }