diff --git a/scripts/add-ons/export-html.pl b/scripts/add-ons/export-html.pl
index cd0717095..32f79a637 100755
--- a/scripts/add-ons/export-html.pl
+++ b/scripts/add-ons/export-html.pl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if ($@)
 }
 
 # Use the taskwarrior 2.0+ export command to filter and return JSON
-my $command = join (' ', ("env PATH=$ENV{PATH} task export", @ARGV));
+my $command = join (' ', ("env PATH='$ENV{PATH}' task export", @ARGV));
 if ($command =~ /No matches/)
 {
   printf STDERR $command;