diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 6c3b475e..5c1cfd0b 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 
 if [ -z "$PULSE_COOKIE_DATA" ]
 then
-    printf '%s' "$(echo "$PULSE_COOKIE_DATA" | sed -e 's/../\\x&/g')" >"$HOME"/pulse.cookie
-    export PULSE_COOKIE="$HOME"/pulse.cookie
+    printf '%s' "$(echo $PULSE_COOKIE_DATA | sed -e 's/../\\x&/g')" >$HOME/pulse.cookie
+    export PULSE_COOKIE=$HOME/pulse.cookie
 fi
 
 if [ ${PIP_PACKAGES:+x} ]; then
     echo "-- INSTALLING PIP PACKAGES $PIP_PACKAGES --"
-    python3 -m pip install --no-cache --upgrade "$PIP_PACKAGES"
+    python3 -m pip install --no-cache --upgrade $PIP_PACKAGES
 fi
 
 exec "$@"