diff --git a/src/chocolatey/StringExtensions.cs b/src/chocolatey/StringExtensions.cs
index c9a638a939..8bc60fe3c6 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/StringExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/StringExtensions.cs
@@ -195,5 +195,20 @@ public static string escape_curly_braces(this string input)
 
             return open_brace_regex.Replace(close_brace_regex.Replace(input,"}}"),"{{");
         }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Surrounds with quotes if a pipe is found in the input string.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="input">The input.</param>
+        /// <returns>The input, but with double quotes if there is a pipe character found in the string.</returns>
+        public static string quote_if_pipe_found(this string input)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(input)) return input.to_string();
+
+            if (input.contains("|")) return "\"{0}\"".format_with(input);
+
+            return input;
+        }
+
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/ChocolateyConfigSettingsService.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/ChocolateyConfigSettingsService.cs
index da81ed6a48..14fb95ee4b 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/ChocolateyConfigSettingsService.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/services/ChocolateyConfigSettingsService.cs
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public virtual IEnumerable<ChocolateySource> source_list(ChocolateyConfiguration
                         source.Id,
                         source.Value,
                         source.Disabled.to_string(),
-                        source.UserName,
+                        source.UserName.quote_if_pipe_found(),
                         source.Certificate,
                         source.Priority,
                         source.BypassProxy.to_string(),