diff --git a/dnsapi/dns_miab.sh b/dnsapi/dns_miab.sh
index aeeab03c..5e7b3c3a 100644
--- a/dnsapi/dns_miab.sh
+++ b/dnsapi/dns_miab.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ Author: Darven Dissek, William Gertz
 dns_miab_add() {
   fulldomain=$1
   # Added "value=" and "&ttl=300" to accomodate the new TXT record format used by the MIAB API
-  txtvalue="value="$2"&ttl=300"
+  txtvalue="value=" "$2" "&ttl=300"
   _info "Using miab challenge add"
   _debug fulldomain "$fulldomain"
-  _debug txtvalue $txtvalue
+  _debug txtvalue "$txtvalue"
 
   #retrieve MIAB environemt vars
   if ! _retrieve_miab_env; then