diff --git a/tool/spark-dstore-patch b/tool/spark-dstore-patch
index 9d07294..06f073e 100755
--- a/tool/spark-dstore-patch
+++ b/tool/spark-dstore-patch
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ linkDir() {
 
         ensureTargetDir "$targetFile"
 	sourceFile=$(realpath --relative-to="$(dirname $targetFile)" "$sourceFile" )
-	if [  ! -e ${targetFile} ];then
+	if [  ! -e "${targetFile}" ];then
         ln -sv "$sourceFile" "$targetFile"
         fi
     done