diff --git a/atom b/atom
index 6283206..a3f714e 100755
--- a/atom
+++ b/atom
@@ -550,9 +550,9 @@ done
 echo 'COMMIT;' >&3
 (( cron )) || echo -n $'\r\033[K'
 (( count ))						\
-&& echo "Created $count tasks for $filecount files	\
-	${togo:+($togo left) }				\
-	${copies:+($copies immediate copies)}"
+&& echo "Created $count tasks for $filecount files"	\
+	"${togo:+($togo left) }"			\
+	"${copies:+($copies immediate copies)}"
 
 # remove perl unicode to ascii coprocess
 (( textunidecodeneeded )) && eval exec "${toascii[1]}>&-"