diff --git a/lib/database/open b/lib/database/open
index 9d9fdc3..796890a 100644
--- a/lib/database/open
+++ b/lib/database/open
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ openDatabase() {
 	if (( debug > 2 ))
 	then
 		exec 5>&3
-		exec 3> >(tee -a $tempdir/debug.log >&5)
+		exec 3> >(tee -a "$tempdir/debug.log" >&5)
 	fi
 	cat $schema >&3
 	echo '.separator ::AtOM:SQL:Sep::' >&3