diff --git a/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild b/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
index 437131cd..787f9b53 100755
--- a/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
+++ b/slackbuild/slpkg.SlackBuild
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
 
 __version() {
 # Grab version from __metadata_.py file
-cat ../slpkg/__metadata__.py | grep "__version_info__ = (" \
-    | tr -d [[:space:]] | cut -c19-23 | tr , .
+cat ../slpkg/__metadata__.py | grep \"__version_info__ = (\" \
+	| tr -d [[:space:]] | cut -c19-23 | tr , .
 }
 
 PRGNAM=slpkg