diff --git a/utils/misc/gmsh_app.sh b/utils/misc/gmsh_app.sh
index 5314b991af4e6048581feb073f2d04020aae2037..489eccd65a380400b85ab66643e0cdf99959f346 100755
--- a/utils/misc/gmsh_app.sh
+++ b/utils/misc/gmsh_app.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 
 GMSH_BUNDLE="`echo "$0" | sed -e 's/\/Contents\/MacOS\/Gmsh//'`"
 GMSH_RESOURCES="$GMSH_BUNDLE/Contents/Resources"
-exec $GMSH_RESOURCES/bin/gmsh
+exec "$GMSH_RESOURCES/bin/gmsh"