diff --git a/codepot/etc/post-commit b/codepot/etc/post-commit
index f99d3129..228f9c9e 100755
--- a/codepot/etc/post-commit
+++ b/codepot/etc/post-commit
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 REPOBASE="`basename "${1}"`"
 REV="${2}"
 
-AUTHOR="$(svnlook author -r ${REV} ${1})"
+AUTHOR="`svnlook author -r ${REV} "${1}"`"
 
 # does not care if logging has failed.
 wget -q -O- "%API%/logCodeCommit/svn/${REPOBASE}/${REV}/${AUTHOR}" 2>/dev/null