diff --git a/runner/init b/runner/init
index ab556043fc..c1e9d8d72d 100755
--- a/runner/init
+++ b/runner/init
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cd $HOME
 
 mkdir -p .profile.d
 if [[ -f .release ]]; then
-	ruby -e "require 'yaml';(YAML.load_file('.release')['config_vars'] || {}).each{|k,v| puts \"#{k}=#{v}\"}" > .profile.d/config_vars
+	ruby -e "require 'yaml';(YAML.load_file('.release')['config_vars'] || {}).each{|k,v| puts \"#{k}='#{v}'\"}" > .profile.d/config_vars
 fi
 for file in .profile.d/*; do 
 	source $file