diff --git a/docker/images/n8n/docker-entrypoint.sh b/docker/images/n8n/docker-entrypoint.sh
index 2205826e4c..1f5e6e4166 100755
--- a/docker/images/n8n/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/images/n8n/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 if [ -d /opt/custom-certificates ]; then
   echo "Trusting custom certificates from /opt/custom-certificates."
-  export NODE_OPTIONS=--use-openssl-ca $NODE_OPTIONS
+  export NODE_OPTIONS="--use-openssl-ca $NODE_OPTIONS"
   export SSL_CERT_DIR=/opt/custom-certificates
   c_rehash /opt/custom-certificates
 fi