diff --git a/bin/v-backup-user b/bin/v-backup-user
index f9fcf6f53..646e9812c 100755
--- a/bin/v-backup-user
+++ b/bin/v-backup-user
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ if [ "$USER" != '*' ]; then
         exclusion=$(echo "$USER" |tr ',' '\n' |grep "^$udir$")
         if [ -z "$exclusion" ]; then
             ((i ++))
-            udir_list="$udir_list $udir"
+            udir_str=$(echo "$udir" |sed -e "s|'|\\\'|g")
+            udir_list="$udir_list $udir_str"
             echo -e "$(date "+%F %T") adding $udir" |tee -a $BACKUP/$user.log
 
             # Backup files and dirs
diff --git a/bin/v-list-user-backups b/bin/v-list-user-backups
index 813ee6871..7e7e284e3 100755
--- a/bin/v-list-user-backups
+++ b/bin/v-list-user-backups
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ json_list() {
     i=1
     objects=$(grep BACKUP $USER_DATA/backup.conf |wc -l)
     echo "{"
-    while read str; do
+    while read -r str; do
         eval $str
         echo -n '    "'$BACKUP'": {
         "TYPE": "'$TYPE'",