diff --git a/handlers/dup b/handlers/dup
index 8d38cfc5996f212a5b1840de7e939ac3c31966a3..79be2fc61fd5f13c078c746fbdd3b63ef43fb4cb 100644
--- a/handlers/dup
+++ b/handlers/dup
@@ -105,13 +105,13 @@ execstr_clientpart="/"
 # excludes
 for i in $exclude; do
 	str="${i//__star__/*}"
-	execstr="${execstr}--exclude $str "
+	execstr="${execstr}--exclude '$str' "
 done
 	
 # includes 
 for i in $include; do
 	str="${i//__star__/*}"
-	execstr="${execstr}--include $str "
+	execstr="${execstr}--include '$str' "
 done
 
 # vsincludes