diff --git a/customscripts/find_bytes b/customscripts/find_bytes
index ff13928..b8abd7c 100644
--- a/customscripts/find_bytes
+++ b/customscripts/find_bytes
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ else
 	# -z decompress files if need be to scan them
 	# -R recursive
 	# ug -W -z -R <bytes regex> <path>
-	ug -W -z -R $1 "$2"
+	ug -W -z -R "'$1'"   "'$2'"
 fi