diff --git a/zconfig.funcs.zsh b/zconfig.funcs.zsh
index b8513c1..2b8260c 100644
--- a/zconfig.funcs.zsh
+++ b/zconfig.funcs.zsh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function zconfigs_local_load()
 {
   if [[ ! -a ${zconfig_local_path} ]]; then
     zshlibs_log zconfig "local config missing, recreating from '${zconfig_shared_path}/zshconfig.example'"
-    mkdir -p -m 700 ${zconfig_local_path}
+    mkdir -p -m 700 "${zconfig_local_path}"
     cp ${zconfig_shared_path}/zshconfig.example ${zconfig_local_path}/local.config.zsh
   fi
   if [[ ! -d ${zconfig_local_path} ]]; then