diff --git a/slackecho b/slackecho
index 45c0e4b..2ac9194 100755
--- a/slackecho
+++ b/slackecho
@@ -34,4 +34,4 @@ else
 fi
 
 #build the post form and send it to the slack url
-curl -X POST --data-urlencode 'payload={"channel": "#'$SLACKCH'", "username": "'$SLACKUSER'", "text": "'"$1"'", "icon_emoji": "'$SLACKICON'"}' $SLACKURL -o /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1
+curl -X POST --data-urlencode 'payload={"channel": "#'"$SLACKCH"'", "username": "'"$SLACKUSER"'", "text": "'"$1"'", "icon_emoji": "'"$SLACKICON"'"}' "$SLACKURL" -o /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1