diff --git a/.templates/01-config_yaml.sh b/.templates/01-config_yaml.sh
index ac186ad48..f5b552dca 100755
--- a/.templates/01-config_yaml.sh
+++ b/.templates/01-config_yaml.sh
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ yamllint -d relaxed "$CONFIGSOURCE" &>ERROR || EXIT_CODE=$?
 if [ "$EXIT_CODE" != 0 ]; then
     cat ERROR
     bashio::log.yellow "... config file has an invalid yaml format. Please check the file in $CONFIGSOURCE. Errors list above."
-    exit 1
 fi
 
 # Export all yaml entries as env variables
@@ -160,6 +159,8 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
         # extract keys and values
         KEYS="${line%%=*}"
         VALUE="${line#*=}"
+        # Sanitize " ' ` in current variable
+        VALUE="${VALUE//[\"\'\`]/}"
         # export to python
         if command -v "python3" &>/dev/null; then
             [ ! -f /env.py ] && echo "import os" > /env.py
@@ -167,9 +168,9 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
             python3 /env.py
         fi
         # set .env
-        if [ -f /.env ]; then echo "$KEYS=$VALUE" >> /.env; fi
+        if [ -f /.env ]; then echo "$KEYS=\"$VALUE\"" >> /.env; fi
         mkdir -p /etc
-        echo "$KEYS=$VALUE" >> /etc/environment
+        echo "$KEYS=\"$VALUE\"" >> /etc/environment
         # Export to scripts
         if cat /etc/services.d/*/*run* &>/dev/null; then sed -i "1a export $KEYS=\"$VALUE\"" /etc/services.d/*/*run* 2>/dev/null; fi
         if cat /etc/cont-init.d/*run* &>/dev/null; then sed -i "1a export $KEYS=\"$VALUE\"" /etc/cont-init.d/*run* 2>/dev/null; fi
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ while IFS= read -r line; do
         if [ -d /var/run/s6/container_environment ]; then printf "%s" "${VALUE}" > /var/run/s6/container_environment/"${KEYS}"; fi
         echo "export ${KEYS}=\"${VALUE}\"" >> ~/.bashrc
         # Show in log
-        if ! bashio::config.false "verbose"; then bashio::log.blue "$KEYS='$VALUE'"; fi
+        if ! bashio::config.false "verbose"; then bashio::log.blue "$KEYS=\"$VALUE\""; fi
     else
         bashio::log.red "$line does not follow the correct structure. Please check your yaml file."
     fi