diff --git a/src/freedombone-sec b/src/freedombone-sec
index 5d4baea9..d270183f 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-sec
+++ b/src/freedombone-sec
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ function export_settings {
   fi
 
   if [ ! -f $EXPORT_FILE ]; then
-      if [ $SSL_PROTOCOLS ]; then
+      if [ "$SSL_PROTOCOLS" ]; then
           echo "SSL_PROTOCOLS=$SSL_PROTOCOLS" >> $EXPORT_FILE
       fi
       if [ $SSL_CIPHERS ]; then
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ function export_settings {
       exit 0
   fi
 
-  if [ $SSL_PROTOCOLS ]; then
+  if [ "$SSL_PROTOCOLS" ]; then
       if grep -q "SSL_PROTOCOLS" $EXPORT_FILE; then
           sed -i "s|SSL_PROTOCOLS=.*|SSL_PROTOCOLS=$SSL_PROTOCOLS|g" $EXPORT_FILE
       else