diff --git a/.templates/00-global_var.sh b/.templates/00-global_var.sh
index 08cf44462..5cb1255df 100644
--- a/.templates/00-global_var.sh
+++ b/.templates/00-global_var.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ for KEYS in ${arr[@]}; do
   fi
   # Export the variable to run scripts
   line="${KEYS}=${VALUE//[\"\']/} 2>/dev/null || true"
-  if cat /etc/services.d/*/*run* &>/dev/null; then sed -i "1a export $line" /etc/services.d/*/*run* 2>/dev/null; fi
-  if cat /etc/cont-init.d/*run* &>/dev/null; then sed -i "1a export $line" /etc/cont-init.d/*run* 2>/dev/null; fi
+  if cat /etc/services.d/*/*run* &>/dev/null; then sed -i "1a export \"$line\"" /etc/services.d/*/*run* 2>/dev/null; fi
+  if cat /etc/cont-init.d/*run* &>/dev/null; then sed -i "1a export \"$line\"" /etc/cont-init.d/*run* 2>/dev/null; fi
 done
 
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