diff --git a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
index 7209d56..ae3e57c 100644
--- a/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
+++ b/packages/bookwyrm/package.nix
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ mkDerivation {
 
 		for dependency in "${ concatStringsSep " " simplePythonDependencies }" ; do
 			ln -sf $dependency/lib/python3.11/site-packages/* /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages/
-			ls -lAh $dependency/lib/python3.11/site-packages
+			ls -lAh "$dependency/lib/python3.11/site-packages"
 		done
 
 		ls -lAh /build/lib/python3.11/site-packages