diff --git a/inxi b/inxi
index e239486..fbc62bc 100755
--- a/inxi
+++ b/inxi
@@ -2686,7 +2686,7 @@ get_de_version()
 		version=" $version"
 	fi
 	
-	echo $version
+	echo "$version"
 }
 # for more on distro id, please reference this python thread: http://bugs.python.org/issue1322
 ## return distro name/id if found