diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index ff51f18..e239486 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2551,7 +2551,7 @@ detect_desktop_environment()
 	# note, GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID is deprecated so we'll see how that works out
 	# https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=542880
 	if [[ -n $GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID ]]; then
-		version=$( get_de_version 'gnome-about' 'gnome' '3' )
+		version="$( get_de_version 'gnome-about' 'gnome' '3' )"
 		if [[ $B_EXTRA_DATA == 'true' ]];then
 			# this is a hack, and has to be changed with every toolkit version change
 			toolkit=$( pkg-config --modversion gtk+-3.0 2>/dev/null )
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@ detect_desktop_environment()
 	elif [[ $KDE_FULL_SESSION == 'true' ]]; then
 		version_data=$( kded --version 2>/dev/null )
 		version=$( grep -si '^KDE:' <<< "$version_data" | gawk '{print $2}' )
-		# version=$( get_de_version 'kded' '^KDE:' '2' )
+		# version="$( get_de_version 'kded' '^KDE:' '2' )"
 		if [[ -z $version ]];then
 			version='3.5'
 		fi
@@ -2614,27 +2614,27 @@ detect_desktop_environment()
 			xprop_root="$( xprop -root 2>/dev/null )"
 			# String: "This is xfdesktop version 4.2.12"
 			if [[ -n $( grep -Eis '\"xfce4\"' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'xfdesktop' 'xfdesktop[[:space:]]version' '5' )
+				version="$( get_de_version 'xfdesktop' 'xfdesktop[[:space:]]version' '5' )"
 				if [[ -z $version ]];then
 					version="4"
 				fi
 				desktop_environment="Xfce${version}"
 			# when 5 is released, the string may need updating
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is '\"xfce5\"' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'xfdesktop' 'xfdesktop[[:space:]]version' '5' )
+				version="$( get_de_version 'xfdesktop' 'xfdesktop[[:space:]]version' '5' )"
 				if [[ -z $version ]];then
 					version="5"
 				fi
 				desktop_environment="Xfce${version}"
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'BLACKBOX_PID' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
 				if [[ -n $( grep -is 'fluxbox' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-					version=$( get_de_version 'fluxbox' 'fluxbox[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+					version="$( get_de_version 'fluxbox' 'fluxbox[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )"
 					desktop_environment="Fluxbox${version}"
 				else
 					desktop_environment='Blackbox'
 				fi
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'OPENBOX_PID' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'openbox' 'openbox[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+				version="$( get_de_version 'openbox' 'openbox[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )"
 				if [[ -n $( grep -is 'lxde' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
 					if [[ -n $version ]];then
 						version=" (Openbox$version)"
@@ -2644,23 +2644,23 @@ detect_desktop_environment()
 					desktop_environment="Openbox${version}"
 				fi
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'ICEWM' <<< "$xprop_root" ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'icewm' 'icewm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+				version="$( get_de_version 'icewm' 'icewm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )"
 				desktop_environment="IceWM${version}"
 			fi
 		fi
 		# a few manual hacks for things that don't id with xprop, these are just good guesses
 		if [[ -z $desktop_environment ]];then
 			if [[ -n $( grep -is 'fvwm-crystal'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'fvwm' 'fvwm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+				version="$( get_de_version 'fvwm' 'fvwm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )"
 				desktop_environment="FVWM-Crystal${version}"
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'fvwm'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'fvwm' 'fvwm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )
+				version="$( get_de_version 'fvwm' 'fvwm[[:space:]]([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '2' )"
 				desktop_environment="FVWM${version}"
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'pekwm'  <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'pekwm' 'pekwm.*([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '3' )
+				version="$( get_de_version 'pekwm' 'pekwm.*([[:digit:]]|GIT)' '3' )"
 				desktop_environment="pekwm${version}"
 			elif [[ -n $( grep -is 'awesome' <<< "$ps_aux" | grep -v 'grep' ) ]];then
-				version=$( get_de_version 'awesome' 'awesome' '2' )
+				version="$( get_de_version 'awesome' 'awesome' '2' )"
 				desktop_environment="Awesome${version}"
 			fi
 		fi