diff --git a/quickget b/quickget
index 769a84c649..c40b8dbc96 100755
--- a/quickget
+++ b/quickget
@@ -1307,7 +1307,7 @@ function web_redirect() {
     local URL="${1}"
     # Check for URL redirections
     # Output to nonexistent directory so the download fails fast
-    REDIRECT_URL=$(curl --silent --location --fail --write-out %{url_effective} --output /var/cache/${RANDOM}/${RANDOM} "${URL}")
+    REDIRECT_URL=$(curl --silent --location --fail --write-out '%{url_effective}' --output /var/cache/${RANDOM}/${RANDOM} "${URL}")
     if [ "${REDIRECT_URL}" != "${URL}" ]; then
         echo "${REDIRECT_URL}"
     else