diff --git a/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl b/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
index 906ab4f67..9774943a4 100644
--- a/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
+++ b/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export TRANSMISSION_RPC_BIND_ADDRESS={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_BIND_ADDRESS }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_ENABLED={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_ENABLED }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST_ENABLED={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST_ENABLED }}
-export TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD }}
+export TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD='{{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD }}'
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_PORT={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_PORT }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_URL={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_URL }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_USERNAME={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_USERNAME }}