diff --git a/tunnelkeeper b/tunnelkeeper
index 4ee0f92..dfa8c7a 100755
--- a/tunnelkeeper
+++ b/tunnelkeeper
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ case "$1" in
     [[ "$3" != "/dev/null" ]] && vvv='-vvv' || vvv='' # debug mode
     touch "$BASEDIR/var/${2}.connected"
     while [[ -e "$BASEDIR/var/${2}.connected" ]]; do
-      ssh -F $vvv "${CONFFILE}" -N $2 &> $3
+      ssh -F "${CONFFILE}" $vvv -N $2 &> $3
       sleep 5
     done
   ;;