diff --git a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/manifests/intelmq.pp b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/manifests/intelmq.pp
index a016b76..1435dc0 100644
--- a/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/manifests/intelmq.pp
+++ b/global/overlay/etc/puppet/modules/soc/manifests/intelmq.pp
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ class soc::intelmq(
 
   exec { 'Setup fody-api user':
     command => "sudo -u intelmq /opt/intelmq/venv/bin/fody-adduser --user ${api_user} --password ${api_pass}",
-    unless  => "sqlite3 /etc/intelmq/fody/fody-session.sqlite 'SELECT username FROM user WHERE username =${api_user}' | grep -q ${api_user}",
+    unless  => "sqlite3 /etc/intelmq/fody/fody-session.sqlite \"SELECT username FROM user WHERE username ='${api_user}'\" | grep -q ${api_user}",
   }
 
   file {