diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-nextcloud b/src/freedombone-app-nextcloud
index ba5acead..f91888fd 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-nextcloud
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-nextcloud
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function install_interactive_nextcloud {
 
         # remove any invalid characters
         if [ ${#NEXTCLOUD_TITLE} -gt 0 ]; then
-            new_title=${"$NEXTCLOUD_TITLE"//\'//}
+            new_title=${NEXTCLOUD_TITLE//\'/}
             NEXTCLOUD_TITLE="$new_title"
         fi
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
index 0df55e69..14819290 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ function install_interactive_pleroma {
 
         # remove any invalid characters
         if [ ${#PLEROMA_TITLE} -gt 0 ]; then
-            new_title=${"$PLEROMA_TITLE"//\'//}
+            new_title=${PLEROMA_TITLE//\'/}
             PLEROMA_TITLE="$new_title"
         fi
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
index 17b0a57d..29f0e37c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function install_interactive_postactiv {
 
         # remove any invalid characters
         if [ ${#POSTACTIV_TITLE} -gt 0 ]; then
-            new_title=${"$POSTACTIV_TITLE"//\'/}
+            new_title=${POSTACTIV_TITLE//\'/}
             POSTACTIV_TITLE="$new_title"
         fi