diff --git a/src/freedombone-base-email b/src/freedombone-base-email
index b7cc5cfd..b9c69c4a 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-base-email
+++ b/src/freedombone-base-email
@@ -156,37 +156,37 @@ function configure_email_onion {
     echo "$DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME $onion_address" > /etc/exim4/onionrelay.txt
     cdb -m -c -t ~/onionrelay.tmp /etc/exim4/onionrelay.cdb /etc/exim4/onionrelay.txt
 
-    { "perl_startup = do '/etc/exim4/perl-routines.pl'";
-      "perl_at_start"; } > /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/perl
+    { echo "perl_startup = do '/etc/exim4/perl-routines.pl'";
+      echo "perl_at_start"; } > /etc/exim4/conf.d/main/perl
 
-    { "use Net::DNS::Resolver;";
-      "sub onionLookup {";
-      "  my \$hostname = shift;";
-      "  my \$res = Net::DNS::Resolver->new(nameservers => [qw(127.0.0.1)],);";
-      "  \$res->port(5300);";
-      "  my \$query = \$res->search(\$hostname);";
-      "  foreach my \$rr (\$query->answer) {";
-      "    next unless \$rr->type eq \"A\";";
-      "    return \$rr->address;";
-      "  }";
-      "  return 'no_such_host';";
-      "}"; } > /etc/exim4/perl-routines.pl
+    { echo "use Net::DNS::Resolver;";
+      echo "sub onionLookup {";
+      echo "  my \$hostname = shift;";
+      echo "  my \$res = Net::DNS::Resolver->new(nameservers => [qw(127.0.0.1)],);";
+      echo "  \$res->port(5300);";
+      echo "  my \$query = \$res->search(\$hostname);";
+      echo "  foreach my \$rr (\$query->answer) {";
+      echo "    next unless \$rr->type eq \"A\";";
+      echo "    return \$rr->address;";
+      echo "  }";
+      echo "  return 'no_such_host';";
+      echo "}"; } > /etc/exim4/perl-routines.pl
 
-    { "ONION_RELAYDB=/etc/exim4/onionrelay.cdb";
-      "domainlist onion_relays     = cdb;ONION_RELAYDB"; } > /etc/exim4/conf.d/domainlists
+    { echo "ONION_RELAYDB=/etc/exim4/onionrelay.cdb";
+      echo "domainlist onion_relays     = cdb;ONION_RELAYDB"; } > /etc/exim4/conf.d/domainlists
 
-    { "# send things over tor where we have an entry for it";
-      "onionrelays:";
-      "  driver    = manualroute";
-      "  domains   = +onion_relays";
-      "  transport = onion_relay";
-      "  # get the automap IP for the onion address from the tor daemon";
-      "  route_data = \${perl{onionLookup}{\${lookup{\$domain}cdb{ONION_RELAYDB}}}}";
-      "  no_more"; } > /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/50_exim4-config-onion
+    { echo "# send things over tor where we have an entry for it";
+      echo "onionrelays:";
+      echo "  driver    = manualroute";
+      echo "  domains   = +onion_relays";
+      echo "  transport = onion_relay";
+      echo "  # get the automap IP for the onion address from the tor daemon";
+      echo "  route_data = \${perl{onionLookup}{\${lookup{\$domain}cdb{ONION_RELAYDB}}}}";
+      echo "  no_more"; } > /etc/exim4/conf.d/router/50_exim4-config-onion
 
-    { "onion_relay:";
-      "  driver = smtp";
-      "  socks_proxy = 127.0.0.1 port=9050"; } > /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/50_exim4-config_onion
+    { echo "onion_relay:";
+      echo "  driver = smtp";
+      echo "  socks_proxy = 127.0.0.1 port=9050"; } > /etc/exim4/conf.d/transport/50_exim4-config_onion
 
     if ! grep -q "AutomapHostsOnResolve" /etc/tor/torrc; then
         echo 'AutomapHostsOnResolve 1' >> /etc/tor/torrc