diff --git a/applyPatches.sh b/applyPatches.sh
index 8ef677fbd2..4308d9f8d4 100755
--- a/applyPatches.sh
+++ b/applyPatches.sh
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ echo "Rebuilding Forked projects.... "
 function applyPatch {
     what=$1
     target=$2
-    cd $basedir/$what
+    cd "$basedir/$what"
     git branch -f upstream >/dev/null
 
-    cd $basedir
+    cd "$basedir"
     if [ ! -d  "$basedir/$target" ]; then
         git clone $1 $target -b upstream
     fi
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ function applyPatch {
     git reset --hard upstream/upstream
     echo "  Applying patches to $target..."
     git am --abort
-    git am --3way $basedir/${what}-Patches/*.patch
+    git am --3way "$basedir/${what}-Patches/"*.patch
     if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
         echo "  Something did not apply cleanly to $target."
         echo "  Please review above details and finish the apply then"
diff --git a/rebuildPatches.sh b/rebuildPatches.sh
index f34a1d8ece..d56ed82c23 100755
--- a/rebuildPatches.sh
+++ b/rebuildPatches.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 basedir=`pwd`
 echo "Rebuilding patch files from current fork state..."
 function cleanupPatches {
-    cd $1
+    cd "$1"
     for patch in *.patch; do
         gitver=$(tail -n 2 $patch | grep -ve "^$" | tail -n 1)
         diffs=$(git diff --staged $patch | grep -E "^(\+|\-)" | grep -Ev "(From [a-z0-9]{32,}|\-\-\- a|\+\+\+ b|.index)")
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ function cleanupPatches {
 function savePatches {
     what=$1
     target=$2
-    cd $basedir/$target/
-    git format-patch --no-stat -N -o $basedir/${what}-Patches/ upstream/upstream
-    cd $basedir
-    git add $basedir/${what}-Patches
-    cleanupPatches $basedir/${what}-Patches
+    cd "$basedir/$target"
+    git format-patch --no-stat -N -o "$basedir/${what}-Patches/" upstream/upstream
+    cd "$basedir"
+    git add "$basedir/${what}-Patches"
+    cleanupPatches "$basedir/${what}-Patches"
     echo "  Patches saved for $what to $what-Patches/"
 }
 
diff --git a/upstreamMerge.sh b/upstreamMerge.sh
index c472ae6805..6d71e60045 100755
--- a/upstreamMerge.sh
+++ b/upstreamMerge.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 basedir=`pwd`
 function update {
-    cd $basedir/$1
+    cd "$basedir/$1"
     git fetch && git reset --hard origin/master
     cd ../
     git add $1