diff --git a/bin/soup b/bin/soup
index 1a2b989..9e0adbc 100755
--- a/bin/soup
+++ b/bin/soup
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BRO=no
 
 # no apt options by default
 # this is set later if the user passed the -y option to skip interactive mode
-APT_OPTIONS=''
+APT_OPTIONS=""
 
 #########################################
 # Got r00t?
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ do
 		;;
 	y)
 		SKIP=1
-		APT_OPTIONS='-o DPkg::options::="--force-confdef" -o DPkg::options::="--force-confnew"'
+		APT_OPTIONS="-o DPkg::options::=--force-confdef -o DPkg::options::=--force-confnew"
 		;;
 	esac
 done
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 0451cf6..ab3ffd8 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+securityonion-sostat (20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion73) trusty; urgency=medium
+
+  * fix quote issue 
+
+ -- Doug Burks <doug.burks@gmail.com>  Thu, 24 Aug 2017 17:16:08 -0400
+
 securityonion-sostat (20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion72) trusty; urgency=medium
 
   * issues 928, 1072, and 1108 
diff --git a/debian/patches/fix-quote-issue b/debian/patches/fix-quote-issue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99e5bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/fix-quote-issue
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+Description: <short summary of the patch>
+ TODO: Put a short summary on the line above and replace this paragraph
+ with a longer explanation of this change. Complete the meta-information
+ with other relevant fields (see below for details). To make it easier, the
+ information below has been extracted from the changelog. Adjust it or drop
+ it.
+ .
+ securityonion-sostat (20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion73) trusty; urgency=medium
+ .
+   * fix quote issue
+Author: Doug Burks <doug.burks@gmail.com>
+
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Origin: <vendor|upstream|other>, <url of original patch>
+Bug: <url in upstream bugtracker>
+Bug-Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/<bugnumber>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/<bugnumber>
+Forwarded: <no|not-needed|url proving that it has been forwarded>
+Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
+Last-Update: <YYYY-MM-DD>
+
+--- securityonion-sostat-20120722.orig/bin/soup
++++ securityonion-sostat-20120722/bin/soup
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ BRO=no
+ 
+ # no apt options by default
+ # this is set later if the user passed the -y option to skip interactive mode
+-APT_OPTIONS=''
++APT_OPTIONS=""
+ 
+ #########################################
+ # Got r00t?
+@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ do
+ 		;;
+ 	y)
+ 		SKIP=1
+-		APT_OPTIONS='-o DPkg::options::="--force-confdef" -o DPkg::options::="--force-confnew"'
++		APT_OPTIONS="-o DPkg::options::=--force-confdef -o DPkg::options::=--force-confnew"
+ 		;;
+ 	esac
+ done
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 485074b..bd8ca32 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -69,3 +69,4 @@ sostat:-sostat-redacted---change-"Port"-to-"Port-"-#1057
 check-for-stuck-ELSA-cron.pl-and-limit-netsniff-ng-log-section-to-current-log
 netsniff-ng:-calculate-packets-drops-as-percentage
 issues-928,-1072,-and-1108
+fix-quote-issue