diff --git a/movingssh/movingssh b/movingssh/movingssh
index 1840131801913b17461f05915903c4339c07a2d8..7cc1d1b51b603012a3f80b94b51be54775c73481 100755
--- a/movingssh/movingssh
+++ b/movingssh/movingssh
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ parseConfig()
 	debug PARSE CONFIG
 	#shopt -s extglob
 	declare -g -A config
-	if [ -f $configFile ]
+	if [ -f "$configFile" ]
 	then
 		while IFS='= ' read -r lhs rhs
 		do