diff --git a/dots/bin/tp.sh b/dots/bin/tp.sh
index afdedd3..10e52c5 100755
--- a/dots/bin/tp.sh
+++ b/dots/bin/tp.sh
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ for input_file in ${input_files[@]}; do
 
     # if input file has not path specified
     if [[ ${input_file} != *"/"* ]]; then
-    input_file=${cwd}/${input_file}
+    input_file="${cwd}/${input_file}"
     fi
 
     # substitute parts of the old path, from using the symlink folder, to the non-symlink folder
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ for input_file in ${input_files[@]}; do
     # new_file=${original_string//old_substring/new_substring}
     new_file=${input_file//$sync_dir_sym/$sync_dir}
 
-    if [[ -f ${new_file} ]] || [[ -d ${new_file} ]] ; then
+    if [[ -f "${new_file}" ]] || [[ -d "${new_file}" ]] ; then
         trash-put "${new_file}"
     else
         echo "error: unable to delete ${new_file}"