diff --git a/docker/build.sh b/docker/build.sh
index ab7ae75b..83f4cdfb 100644
--- a/docker/build.sh
+++ b/docker/build.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # image build script
 
-cd $(dirname $0) && set -xe
+cd "$(dirname "$0")" && set -xe
 
 DOCKERNAME=automon
 DOCKERTAG=$(git describe --tags)
diff --git a/docker/run.sh b/docker/run.sh
index a489b4d3..19e27099 100644
--- a/docker/run.sh
+++ b/docker/run.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # image build script
 
-cd $(dirname $0) && set -xe
+cd "$(dirname "$0")" && set -xe
 
 DOCKERNAME=automon
 /bin/bash build.sh && docker run --rm -it $DOCKERNAME "$@"
diff --git a/docker/test.sh b/docker/test.sh
index 4cd39d9f..cf0b2b2a 100644
--- a/docker/test.sh
+++ b/docker/test.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # image build script
 
-cd $(dirname $0) && set -xe
+cd "$(dirname "$0")" && set -xe
 
 DOCKERNAME=automon
 /bin/bash build.sh && docker run --rm $DOCKERNAME test "$@"