diff --git a/func/main.sh b/func/main.sh
index c01aa123..5d85e7e4 100644
--- a/func/main.sh
+++ b/func/main.sh
@@ -1040,3 +1040,8 @@ get_web_counter() {
 
     echo $counter
 }
+
+escape_shell_quote() { 
+    local escape_shell_quoted=${1//\'/\'\\\'\'};
+    printf "'%s'" "$escape_shell_quoted"
+}