diff --git a/jicofo/rootfs/etc/services.d/jicofo/run b/jicofo/rootfs/etc/services.d/jicofo/run
index 836716b..6288f5a 100644
--- a/jicofo/rootfs/etc/services.d/jicofo/run
+++ b/jicofo/rootfs/etc/services.d/jicofo/run
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 JAVA_SYS_PROPS="-Djava.util.logging.config.file=/config/logging.properties -Dconfig.file=/config/jicofo.conf"
 DAEMON=/usr/share/jicofo/jicofo.sh
 DAEMON_DIR=/usr/share/jicofo/
-DAEMON_OPTS="--domain=$XMPP_DOMAIN --host=$XMPP_SERVER --user_name=$JICOFO_AUTH_USER --user_domain=$XMPP_AUTH_DOMAIN --user_password=$JICOFO_AUTH_PASSWORD"
+DAEMON_OPTS="--domain=\"$XMPP_DOMAIN\" --host=\"$XMPP_SERVER\" --user_name=\"$JICOFO_AUTH_USER\" --user_domain=\"$XMPP_AUTH_DOMAIN\" --user_password=\"$JICOFO_AUTH_PASSWORD\""
 
 exec s6-setuidgid jicofo /bin/bash -c "cd $DAEMON_DIR; JAVA_SYS_PROPS=\"$JAVA_SYS_PROPS\" exec $DAEMON $DAEMON_OPTS"