diff --git a/src/freedombone-addremove b/src/freedombone-addremove
index 58d1468c..6f0845b2 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-addremove
+++ b/src/freedombone-addremove
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ function mark_unselected_apps_as_removed {
     fi
 
     app_index=0
-    for app_name in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for app_name in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_CHOSEN[$app_index]} == "0" ]]; then
             echo "_${app_name}_" >> "$REMOVED_APPS_FILE"
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ function show_apps {
     applist=""
     n=1
     app_index=0
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_INSTALLED[$app_index]} == "0" &&  "$select_all_apps" != "add-all" ]]; then
             applist="$applist $n $a off"
@@ -144,7 +146,8 @@ function remove_apps_selected {
     removals=""
     app_index=0
     n=0
-    for a in "${APPS_INSTALLED[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_INSTALLED[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_INSTALLED[$app_index]} == "1" ]]; then
             if [[ ${APPS_CHOSEN[$app_index]} == "0" ]]; then
@@ -188,7 +191,8 @@ function install_apps_selected {
     installs=""
     app_index=0
     n=0
-    for a in "${APPS_INSTALLED[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_INSTALLED[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_INSTALLED[$app_index]} == "0" ]]; then
             if [[ ${APPS_CHOSEN[$app_index]} == "1" ]]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-adduser b/src/freedombone-adduser
index 9acb819a..be350333 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-adduser
+++ b/src/freedombone-adduser
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ chmod 600 "/home/$ADD_USERNAME/README"
 echo $'Detecting installed apps...'
 detect_apps
 get_apps_installed_names
-for app_name in "${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2068
+for app_name in ${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}
 do
     if [[ $(function_exists "add_user_${app_name}") == "1" ]]; then
         echo $"Adding user to ${app_name}"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-pelican b/src/freedombone-app-pelican
index c6809ab2..82f46050 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-pelican
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-pelican
@@ -295,7 +295,8 @@ function pelican_change_theme {
     if [ -f $PELICAN_BLOG_INSTALL_DIR/.blog-theme-index ]; then
         curr_theme_index=$(cat $PELICAN_BLOG_INSTALL_DIR/.blog-theme-index)
     fi
-    for a in "${THEMES[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${THEMES[@]}
     do
         is_selected='off'
         if [ "$curr_theme_index" ]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
index bb6f1a7c..27cb6100 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-pleroma
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ function expire_pleroma_posts {
       echo '';
       echo '# copy the avatar files to a temporary directory';
       echo "arr=( \$avatars )";
-      echo "for i in \"\${arr[@]}\"; do";
+      echo "for i in \${arr[@]}; do";
       echo "    if [[ \"\$i\" == *'/media/'* ]]; then";
       echo "        imagefile=/etc/pleroma/uploads/\$(echo \$i | sed 's|\"||g' | sed 's|,||g' | awk -F '/media/' '{print \$2}');";
       echo "        if [ -f \$imagefile ]; then";
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ function expire_pleroma_posts {
       echo '';
       echo '# copy the banner files to a temporary directory';
       echo "arr=( \$banners )";
-      echo "for i in \"\${arr[@]}\"; do";
+      echo "for i in \${arr[@]}; do";
       echo "    if [[ \"\$i\" == *'/media/'* ]]; then";
       echo "        imagefile=/etc/pleroma/uploads/\$(echo \$i | sed 's|\"||g' | sed 's|,||g' | awk -F '/media/' '{print \$2}');";
       echo "        if [ -f \$imagefile ]; then";
diff --git a/src/freedombone-backup-local b/src/freedombone-backup-local
index 12d373d0..e1e403d5 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-backup-local
+++ b/src/freedombone-backup-local
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ function backup_directories {
         "/root/.passwords,                      passwordstore"
     )
 
-    for dr in "${backup_dirs[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for dr in ${backup_dirs[@]}
     do
         # if this directory exists then back it up to the given destination
         source_directory=$(echo "$dr" | awk -F ',' '{print $1}'  | sed -e 's/^[[:space:]]*//' -e 's/[[:space:]]*$//')
diff --git a/src/freedombone-config b/src/freedombone-config
index 33d4646b..168c0b26 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-config
+++ b/src/freedombone-config
@@ -798,7 +798,8 @@ function choose_system_variant {
 
     varslist=""
     n=1
-    for a in "${available_variants_list[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${available_variants_list[@]}
     do
         varstate='off'
         if [[ "$a" == $'full' || "$a" == $'Full' ]]; then
@@ -1057,7 +1058,8 @@ function select_user {
     users_array=($homedirs)
 
     delete=(git)
-    for del in "${delete[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for del in ${delete[@]}
     do
         # shellcheck disable=SC2206
         users_array=(${users_array[@]/$del})
diff --git a/src/freedombone-controlpanel b/src/freedombone-controlpanel
index 37563643..f4cf7504 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-controlpanel
+++ b/src/freedombone-controlpanel
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ function passwords_show_apps {
     i=0
     W=()
     name=()
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ $(function_exists "change_password_${a}") == "1" ]]; then
             i=$((i+1))
@@ -410,7 +411,8 @@ function show_domains {
         grep 'sks onion domain' "${COMPLETION_FILE}" | awk -F ':' '{print $2}'
     fi
 
-    for app_name in "${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for app_name in ${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}
     do
         if ! grep -q "SHOW_ON_ABOUT=1" "/usr/share/${PROJECT_NAME}/apps/${PROJECT_NAME}-app-${app_name}"; then
             continue
@@ -1129,7 +1131,8 @@ function restore_data_from_storage {
         app_list+=("$AllStr")
 
         util_index=0
-        for a in "${utils_installed[@]}"
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        for a in ${utils_installed[@]}
         do
             applist="$applist $n $a off"
             app_name=${utils_installed[util_index]}
@@ -1139,7 +1142,8 @@ function restore_data_from_storage {
         done
 
         app_index=0
-        for a in "${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}"
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        for a in ${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}
         do
             applist="$applist $n $a off"
             n=$((n+1))
@@ -2233,7 +2237,8 @@ function menu_app_settings {
     appnames=()
     n=1
     app_index=0
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_INSTALLED[$app_index]} != "0" ]]; then
             if [[ $(function_exists "configure_interactive_${a}") == "1" ]]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-controlpanel-user b/src/freedombone-controlpanel-user
index 45318738..7c280d26 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-controlpanel-user
+++ b/src/freedombone-controlpanel-user
@@ -837,7 +837,8 @@ function menu_run_client_app {
     appnames=()
     n=1
     app_index=0
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_INSTALLED[$app_index]} != "0" ]]; then
             if [[ $(function_exists "run_client_${a}") == "1" ]]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-freedns b/src/freedombone-freedns
index e9db50a3..327f4c0d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-freedns
+++ b/src/freedombone-freedns
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ detected_codes=()
 codelines=$(grep "_CODE=" "$CONFIGURATION_FILE" | uniq)
 while read -r line; do
     code=$(echo "$line" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
-    if ! item_in_array "$code" "${detected_codes[@]}"; then
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    if ! item_in_array "$code" ${detected_codes[@]}; then
         detected_codes+=("$code")
     fi
 done <<< "$codelines"
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ if [ ! -d "$HOME/.freedns-update" ]; then
     mkdir "$HOME/.freedns-update"
 fi
 cd "$HOME/.freedns-update" || exit 2467824684
-for code in "${detected_codes[@]}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2068
+for code in ${detected_codes[@]}
 do
     if [ $VERBOSE ]; then
         echo $"command: $FREEDNS_WGET${code}="
diff --git a/src/freedombone-image b/src/freedombone-image
index 034a4c6f..fb772ab3 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-image
+++ b/src/freedombone-image
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ fi
 
 # Move any existing images into a build subdirectory
 image_types=( xz img sig vdi qcow2 )
-for im in "${image_types[@]}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2068
+for im in ${image_types[@]}
 do
     # shellcheck disable=SC2012,SC2086
     no_of_files=$(ls -afq ${CURR_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}*.${im} | wc -l)
@@ -496,7 +497,8 @@ do
 done
 
 # Delete anything which didn't move
-for im in "${image_types[@]}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2068
+for im in ${image_types[@]}
 do
     # shellcheck disable=SC2012,SC2086
     no_of_files=$(ls -afq ${CURR_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}*.${im} | wc -l)
@@ -624,7 +626,8 @@ if [ ${#imgfiles[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 # Move images from temporary directory to the current directory
-for im in "${image_types[@]}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2068
+for im in ${image_types[@]}
 do
     # shellcheck disable=SC2012,SC2086
     no_of_files=$(ls -afq build/${PROJECT_NAME}*.${im} | wc -l)
diff --git a/src/freedombone-logging b/src/freedombone-logging
index ca3dbdd7..0b76aeb0 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-logging
+++ b/src/freedombone-logging
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ function logging_get_app_names {
 function turn_logging_on {
     logging_get_app_names
 
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         echo $"Turning on logging for ${a}"
         "logging_on_${a}"
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ function turn_logging_on {
 function turn_logging_off {
     logging_get_app_names
 
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         echo $"Turning off logging for ${a}"
         "logging_off_${a}"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-mesh-blog b/src/freedombone-mesh-blog
index 46a967db..8152ff52 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-mesh-blog
+++ b/src/freedombone-mesh-blog
@@ -187,7 +187,8 @@ function change_theme {
     if [ -f /tmp/.blog-themes ]; then
         rm /tmp/.blog-themes
     fi
-    for a in "${THEMES[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${THEMES[@]}
     do
         echo "$n $a" >> /tmp/.blog-themes
         n=$((n+1))
diff --git a/src/freedombone-rmuser b/src/freedombone-rmuser
index b83e0940..6b4a42c5 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-rmuser
+++ b/src/freedombone-rmuser
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ fi
 echo $'Detecting installed apps...'
 detect_apps
 get_apps_installed_names
-for app_name in "${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}"
+# shellcheck disable=SC2068
+for app_name in ${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}
 do
     if [[ $(function_exists "remove_user_${app_name}") == "1" ]]; then
         echo $"Removing user from ${app_name}"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-tests b/src/freedombone-tests
index cf201b60..3b726b91 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-tests
+++ b/src/freedombone-tests
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ function test_app_functions {
     for filename in $FILES
     do
         # for each expected interface function
-        for f in "${interface_functions[@]}"
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        for f in ${interface_functions[@]}
         do
             test_app_function_type "${filename}" "$f"
         done
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-backup b/src/freedombone-utils-backup
index 77fa3fc0..4598fc51 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-backup
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-backup
@@ -543,7 +543,8 @@ function backup_apps {
     detect_installable_apps
     get_apps_installed_names
 
-    for app_name in "${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for app_name in ${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}
     do
         echo $"Backup ${app_name}"
         app_load_variables "${app_name}"
@@ -563,7 +564,8 @@ function restore_apps {
     detect_installable_apps
     get_apps_installed_names
 
-    for app_name in "${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for app_name in ${APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES[@]}
     do
         confirm_restore=
         if [ ! "$2" ]; then
@@ -807,7 +809,8 @@ function valid_backup_destination {
     available_variants_list=()
     available_system_variants
 
-    if ! item_in_array "${destination_dir}" "${available_variants_list[@]}"; then
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    if ! item_in_array "${destination_dir}" ${available_variants_list[@]}; then
         is_valid="no"
     fi
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-config b/src/freedombone-utils-config
index 00191c46..06f24e0a 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-config
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-config
@@ -279,7 +279,8 @@ function remove_completion_param {
 }
 
 function save_configuration_values {
-    for v in "${configuration_variables[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for v in ${configuration_variables[@]}
     do
         write_config_param "$v" "${!v}"
     done
@@ -299,7 +300,8 @@ function read_configuration_values {
             cp "$CONFIGURATION_FILE" "/root/${PROJECT_NAME}.cfg"
         fi
 
-        for v in "${configuration_variables[@]}"
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        for v in ${configuration_variables[@]}
         do
             read_config_param "$v"
         done
@@ -337,13 +339,14 @@ function check_domains {
     domains_array=("$specified_domains")
     checked_domains=()
 
-    for d in "${domains_array[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for d in ${domains_array[@]}
     do
         domain_param=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '=' '{print $1}')
         if [[ "$domain_param" != "DEFAULT_DOMAIN_NAME" ]]; then
             domain_value=$(echo "$d" | awk -F '=' '{print $2}')
             if [[ "$domain_value" != "${LOCAL_NAME}.local" ]]; then
-                if ! item_in_array "${domain_value}" "${checked_domains[@]}"; then
+                if ! item_in_array "${domain_value}" ${checked_domains[@]}; then
                     # test that this is a valid domain name
                     function_check test_domain_name
                     test_domain_name "$domain_value"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-selector b/src/freedombone-utils-selector
index 8eea0926..e56173b9 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-selector
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-selector
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ function app_load_variables {
 
     #shellcheck disable=SC2206
     configvarname=( ${!configvarname} )
-    for v in "${configvarname[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for v in ${configvarname[@]}
     do
         read_config_param "$v"
     done
@@ -90,7 +91,8 @@ function app_save_variables {
 
     #shellcheck disable=SC2206
     configvarname=( ${!configvarname} )
-    for v in "${configvarname[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for v in ${configvarname[@]}
     do
         write_config_param "$v" "${!v}"
     done
@@ -128,9 +130,10 @@ function available_system_variants {
         system_variants_list=$(app_variants "$filename")
         # shellcheck disable=SC2206
         variants_array=($system_variants_list)
-        for variant_str in "${variants_array[@]}"
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        for variant_str in ${variants_array[@]}
         do
-            if ! item_in_array "${variant_str}" "${new_available_variants_list[@]}"; then
+            if ! item_in_array "${variant_str}" ${new_available_variants_list[@]}; then
                 new_available_variants_list+=("$variant_str")
             fi
         done
@@ -146,7 +149,8 @@ function is_valid_variant {
     function_check available_system_variants
     available_system_variants
 
-    for variant_str in "${available_variants_list[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for variant_str in ${available_variants_list[@]}
     do
         if [[ "$sys_type" == "$variant_str" ]]; then
             return "1"
@@ -161,7 +165,8 @@ function show_available_variants {
     function_check available_system_variants
     available_system_variants
 
-    for variant_str in "${available_variants_list[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for variant_str in ${available_variants_list[@]}
     do
         echo "  $variant_str"
     done
@@ -250,7 +255,8 @@ function install_completed {
 
 # populates an array of "0" or "1" for whether apps are installed
 function get_apps_installed {
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         APPS_INSTALLED+=("$(app_is_installed "$a")")
     done
@@ -259,7 +265,8 @@ function get_apps_installed {
 # populates an array of installed app names
 function get_apps_installed_names {
     APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES=()
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ $(app_is_installed "$a") == "1" ]]; then
             APPS_INSTALLED_NAMES+=("$a")
@@ -281,7 +288,8 @@ function detect_apps {
     do
         app_name=$(echo "${filename}" | awk -F '-app-' '{print $2}')
 
-        if ! item_in_array "${app_name}" "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"; then
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        if ! item_in_array "${app_name}" ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}; then
             APPS_AVAILABLE+=("${app_name}")
             APPS_CHOSEN+=("0")
         fi
@@ -312,7 +320,8 @@ function detect_installable_apps {
     do
         app_name=$(echo "${filename}" | awk -F '-app-' '{print $2}')
 
-        if ! item_in_array "${app_name}" "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"; then
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        if ! item_in_array "${app_name}" ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}; then
             variants_list=$(app_variants "$filename")
             # check for empty string
             if [ ${#variants_list} -gt 0 ]; then
@@ -344,7 +353,8 @@ function detect_installed_apps {
         app_name=$(echo "${filename}" | awk -F '-app-' '{print $2}')
 
         if [[ $(app_is_installed "$app_name") == "1" ]]; then
-            if ! item_in_array "${app_name}" "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"; then
+            # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+            if ! item_in_array "${app_name}" ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}; then
                 variants_list=$(app_variants "$filename")
                 if [ ${#variants_list} -gt 0 ]; then
                     APPS_AVAILABLE+=("${app_name}")
@@ -378,7 +388,8 @@ function choose_apps_for_variant {
     do
         app_name=$(echo "${filename}" | awk -F '-app-' '{print $2}')
 
-        if item_in_array "${app_name}" "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"; then
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        if item_in_array "${app_name}" ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}; then
             if grep -q "VARIANTS=" "${filename}"; then
                 variants_list=$(app_variants "$filename")
                 if [[ "${variants_list}" == 'all'* || \
@@ -408,7 +419,8 @@ function choose_apps_for_variant {
 # show a list of apps which have been chosen
 function list_chosen_apps {
     app_index=0
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_CHOSEN[$app_index]} == "1" ]]; then
             echo $"${a}"
@@ -419,7 +431,8 @@ function list_chosen_apps {
 
 function remove_apps {
     app_index=0
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_INSTALLED[$app_index]} == "1" ]]; then
             if [[ ${APPS_CHOSEN[$app_index]} == "0" ]]; then
@@ -450,7 +463,8 @@ function remove_apps {
 function install_apps_interactive {
     echo $"Interactive installer"
     app_index=0
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_INSTALLED[$app_index]} == "0" ]]; then
             if [[ ${APPS_CHOSEN[$app_index]} == "1" ]]; then
@@ -546,7 +560,8 @@ function install_apps {
 
     # now install the apps
     app_index=0
-    for a in "${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}"
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+    for a in ${APPS_AVAILABLE[@]}
     do
         if [[ ${APPS_INSTALLED[$app_index]} == "0" ]]; then
             if [[ ${APPS_CHOSEN[$app_index]} == "1" ]]; then
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-setup b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
index 66148ebf..a7f6becc 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-setup
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-setup
@@ -1105,7 +1105,8 @@ function upgrade_apps {
     do
         app_name=$(echo "${filename}" | awk -F '-app-' '{print $2}')
 
-        if ! item_in_array "${app_name}" "${APPS_COMPLETED[@]}"; then
+        # shellcheck disable=SC2068
+        if ! item_in_array "${app_name}" ${APPS_COMPLETED[@]}; then
             function_check app_is_installed
             if [[ "$(app_is_installed "$app_name")" == "1" ]]; then
                 echo ''