diff --git a/rc/bashrc b/rc/bashrc
index ccc983fd..8b30cf63 100644
--- a/rc/bashrc
+++ b/rc/bashrc
@@ -864,11 +864,11 @@ github-add-pulls() {
 serversslcertfp () {
 SSSLCFFN=$(openssl s_client -showcerts -connect $1 < /dev/null)
     # To see all validity information
-    echo $SSSLCFFN
+    echo "$SSSLCFFN"
     # For getting the fingerprints
-    echo $SSSLCFFN | openssl x509 -md5 -fingerprint -noout
-    echo $SSSLCFFN | openssl x509 -sha1 -fingerprint -noout
-    echo $SSSLCFFN | openssl x509 -sha256 -fingerprint -noout
+    echo "$SSSLCFFN" | openssl x509 -md5 -fingerprint -noout
+    echo "$SSSLCFFN" | openssl x509 -sha1 -fingerprint -noout
+    echo "$SSSLCFFN" | openssl x509 -sha256 -fingerprint -noout
     unset SSSLCFFN
 }
 
diff --git a/rc/zshrc b/rc/zshrc
index ddbf4434..6a82f2f4 100644
--- a/rc/zshrc
+++ b/rc/zshrc
@@ -854,11 +854,11 @@ github-add-pulls() {
 serversslcertfp () {
     SSSLCFFN=$(openssl s_client -showcerts -connect $1 < /dev/null)
     # To see all validity information
-    echo $SSSLCFFN
+    echo "$SSSLCFFN"
     # For getting the fingerprints
-    echo $SSSLCFFN | openssl x509 -md5 -fingerprint -noout
-    echo $SSSLCFFN | openssl x509 -sha1 -fingerprint -noout
-    echo $SSSLCFFN | openssl x509 -sha256 -fingerprint -noout
+    echo "$SSSLCFFN" | openssl x509 -md5 -fingerprint -noout
+    echo "$SSSLCFFN" | openssl x509 -sha1 -fingerprint -noout
+    echo "$SSSLCFFN" | openssl x509 -sha256 -fingerprint -noout
     unset SSSLCFFN
 }