diff --git a/retrolink.sh b/retrolink.sh
index c4afd8e3..a53ab3b2 100755
--- a/retrolink.sh
+++ b/retrolink.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 #Usage: ./retrolink foobar_libretro.so
 #http://www.lightofdawn.org/wiki/wiki.cgi/NewAppsOnOldGlibc
 
-start=$(readelf -V $1 | grep -A1 .gnu.version_r | tail -n1 | cut -d' ' -f6)
-pos=$(readelf -V $1 | grep 'Flags: none' | cut -d' ' -f3 | sed 's/://')
+start=$(readelf -V "$1" | grep -A1 .gnu.version_r | tail -n1 | cut -d' ' -f6)
+pos=$(readelf -V "$1" | grep 'Flags: none' | cut -d' ' -f3 | sed 's/://')
 for pos in $pos; do
-printf '\x02' | dd if=/dev/stdin of=$1 seek=$(($start+$pos+4)) count=1 bs=1 conv=notrunc 2> /dev/null
+printf '\x02' | dd if=/dev/stdin of="$1" seek=$((start+pos+4)) count=1 bs=1 conv=notrunc 2> /dev/null
 done