diff --git a/networks/local/localnode/wrapper.sh b/networks/local/localnode/wrapper.sh
index 8b55cbc10..e82741e68 100755
--- a/networks/local/localnode/wrapper.sh
+++ b/networks/local/localnode/wrapper.sh
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ LOG=${LOG:-tendermint.log}
 ## Assert linux binary
 ##
 if ! [ -f "${BINARY}" ]; then
-	echo "The binary `basename ${BINARY}` cannot be found. Please add the binary to the shared folder. Please use the BINARY environment variable if the name of the binary is not 'tendermint' E.g.: -e BINARY=tendermint_my_test_version"
+	echo "The binary $(basename "${BINARY}") cannot be found. Please add the binary to the shared folder. Please use the BINARY environment variable if the name of the binary is not 'tendermint' E.g.: -e BINARY=tendermint_my_test_version"
 	exit 1
 fi
-BINARY_CHECK="`file $BINARY | grep 'ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64'`"
+BINARY_CHECK="$(file "$BINARY" | grep 'ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64')"
 if [ -z "${BINARY_CHECK}" ]; then
 	echo "Binary needs to be OS linux, ARCH amd64"
 	exit 1
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ fi
 export TMHOME="/tendermint/node${ID}"
 
 if [ -d "${TMHOME}/${LOG}" ]; then
-  "$BINARY" $@ | tee "${TMHOME}/${LOG}"
+  "$BINARY" "$@" | tee "${TMHOME}/${LOG}"
 else
-  "$BINARY" $@
+  "$BINARY" "$@"
 fi