diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 279944e..50a8e17 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -80,18 +80,18 @@
               echo "Hello, this shell script will bootstrap a P2PRC Haskell project with Nix Flake\n"
 
               echo "Could you input the name of your project?\n"
-              read "$PROJECT_NAME"
+              read \"\$PROJECT_NAME\"
 
-              cd "$PROJECT_NAME"
+              cd \"\$PROJECT_NAME\"
 
               git init .
 
-              echo "$PWD"
+              echo \"\$PWD\"
 
               cabal init --exe --simple
 
               # TODO: remove reference to cabal file
-              sed -i 's/base.*$/base, p2prc/' "$PROJECT_NAME".cabal
+              sed -i 's/base.*$/base, p2prc/' \"\$PROJECT_NAME\".cabal
 
               cabal2nix . > ./cabal.nix;
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 
               echo "run the following commands:\n\n"
 
-              echo "cd "$PROJECT_NAME"\n"
+              echo "cd \"\$PROJECT_NAME\"\n"
               echo "nix run github:xecarlox94/p2p-rendering-computation?ref=nix#initHaskellProject"
 
             '';