diff --git a/scripts/openssl.test b/scripts/openssl.test
index 354d7938c..b6d109042 100755
--- a/scripts/openssl.test
+++ b/scripts/openssl.test
@@ -229,8 +229,8 @@ start_wolfssl_server() {
         echo -e "\n# Trying to start $wolfssl_suite wolfSSL server on port $server_port..."
 
         echo "#"
-        echo "# $WOLFSSL_SERVER -p $server_port "$wolfssl_cert" "$wolfssl_key" "$wolfssl_caCert" -g -v d -x -i $psk $crl -l ALL"
-        $WOLFSSL_SERVER -p $server_port "$wolfssl_cert" "$wolfssl_key" "$wolfssl_caCert" -g -v d -x -i $psk $crl -l ALL &
+        echo "# $WOLFSSL_SERVER -p $server_port -g -v d -x -i $psk $crl -l ALL \"$wolfssl_cert\" \"$wolfssl_key\" \"$wolfssl_caCert\""
+        $WOLFSSL_SERVER -p $server_port -g -v d -x -i $psk $crl -l ALL "$wolfssl_cert" "$wolfssl_key" "$wolfssl_caCert" &
         server_pid=$!
         # wait to see if server successfully starts before continuing
         sleep 0.1