diff --git a/birdnet.conf-defaults b/birdnet.conf-defaults
index 61b33f5..21773cc 100644
--- a/birdnet.conf-defaults
+++ b/birdnet.conf-defaults
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ PUSHED_APP_SECRET=
 
 #-----------------------  Apprise Miscellanous Configuration -------------------#
 
-APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=New BirdNET-Pi Detection
-APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=A $sciname $comname was just detected with a confidence of $confidence
+APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE="New BirdNET-Pi Detection"
+APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence"
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=false
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/scripts/install_config.sh b/scripts/install_config.sh
index 94f7ca3..69ea796 100755
--- a/scripts/install_config.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_config.sh
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ PUSHED_APP_SECRET=
 
 #-----------------------  Apprise Miscellanous Configuration -------------------#
 
-APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=New BirdNET-Pi Detection
-APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=A $sciname $comname was just detected with a confidence of $confidence
+APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE="New BirdNET-Pi Detection"
+APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY="A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence"
 APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=false
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
index 107feb5..43a71cd 100755
--- a/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
+++ b/scripts/update_birdnet_snippets.sh
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ if ! grep PRIVACY_MODE /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -u$USER echo "PRIVACY_MODE=off" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
 if ! grep APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
-  sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=New BirdNET-Pi Detection" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+  sudo -u$USER echo "\"APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_TITLE=New BirdNET-Pi Detection\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
 if ! grep APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
-  sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
+  sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFICATION_BODY=\"A \$sciname \$comname was just detected with a confidence of \$confidence\"" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 fi
 if ! grep APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf &>/dev/null;then
   sudo -u$USER echo "APPRISE_NOTIFY_EACH_DETECTION=false" >> /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf