diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 620623f..890fdc8 100755
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def upgradeSystem():
 def createUser():
 
     rawPassword = request.headers.get("X-Password")
-    passwordHashProcessDescriptor = subprocess.Popen(["mkpasswd -m sha-512 \"" + rawPassword + "\"", shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+    passwordHashProcessDescriptor = subprocess.Popen(["mkpasswd -m sha-512 " + rawPassword, shell=True, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
     hashedPassword = passwordHashProcessDescriptor.communicate()[0]
     hashedPassword = hashedPassword.decode("ascii")