diff --git a/movies/movies b/movies/movies
index 236a469..ce4998b 100755
--- a/movies/movies
+++ b/movies/movies
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ checkInternet()
 getMovieInfo()
 {
   apiKey=946f500a # try not to abuse this it is a key that came from the ruby-scripts repo I link to.
-  movie=$(echo $@ | tr " " + ) ## format the inputs to use for the api
+  movie=$(echo "$@" | tr " " + ) ## format the inputs to use for the api
   export PYTHONIOENCODING=utf8 #necessary for python2 in some cases
   movieInfo=$(httpGet "http://www.omdbapi.com/?t=$movie&apikey=$apiKey") > /dev/null # query the server and get the JSON response
   checkResponse=$(echo $movieInfo | python2 -c "import sys, json; print json.load(sys.stdin)['Response']")
@@ -167,6 +167,6 @@ elif [[ $1 == "update" ]];then
 elif [[ $1 == "help" ]];then
   usage
 else
-  getMovieInfo $@ || exit 1 ## exit if we return 1 (chances are movie was not found)
+  getMovieInfo "$@" || exit 1 ## exit if we return 1 (chances are movie was not found)
   printMovieInfo ## print out the data
 fi
diff --git a/stocks/stocks b/stocks/stocks
index 3c82be1..cde79a8 100755
--- a/stocks/stocks
+++ b/stocks/stocks
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ elif [[ $# == "0" ]];then
   usage
   exit 0
 else
-  getTicker $@ # the company name might have spaces so passing in all args allows for this
+  getTicker "$@" # the company name might have spaces so passing in all args allows for this
   getStockInformation $symbol # based on the stock symbol exrapolated by the getTicker function get information on the stock
   printStockInformation  # print this information out to the user in a human readable format
   exit 0
diff --git a/taste/taste b/taste/taste
index 30bf8e5..bcad219 100755
--- a/taste/taste
+++ b/taste/taste
@@ -238,14 +238,14 @@ elif [[ $1 == "help" ]];then
 else
   if [[ $search == "0" ]];then
     if [[ $info == "0" ]];then
-      getSimilar $@ || exit 1 ## exit if we return 1 (chances are movie was not found)
+      getSimilar "$@" || exit 1 ## exit if we return 1 (chances are movie was not found)
       printResults
     else
-      getSimilar $@ || exit 1
+      getSimilar "$@" || exit 1
       printResults
     fi
   else
-    getInfo ${@:2} || exit 1 ## exit if we return 1 (chances are movie was not found)
+    getInfo "${@:2}" || exit 1 ## exit if we return 1 (chances are movie was not found)
     printInfo
   fi
 fi
diff --git a/weather/weather b/weather/weather
index e6510b4..dd33767 100755
--- a/weather/weather
+++ b/weather/weather
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ getIPWeather()
 
 getLocationWeather()
 {
-  args=$(echo $@ | tr " " + )
+  args=$(echo "$@" | tr " " + )
   httpGet $locale.wttr.in/${args}
 }
 
@@ -159,5 +159,5 @@ elif [[ $1 == "m" ]]; then
 elif [[ $1 == "i" ]]; then
   getIPWeather "?u"
 else
-  getLocationWeather $@
+  getLocationWeather "$@"
 fi