diff --git a/lib/read.bat b/lib/read.bat
index 7116485..c0135b6 100644
--- a/lib/read.bat
+++ b/lib/read.bat
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ if "%1"=="noechoback" (
 ) else (
   set /p LINE=<CON >CON
 )
-set /p DUM="%LINE%"<NUL
+set /p ="'%LINE%'"<NUL
 endlocal
 exit /b 0
diff --git a/lib/read.sh b/lib/read.sh
index 5c6cfb8..47a8742 100644
--- a/lib/read.sh
+++ b/lib/read.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 if [ "$1" = "noechoback" ]; then
   stty --file=/dev/tty -echo echonl || stty -F /dev/tty -echo echonl || stty -f /dev/tty -echo echonl || exit 1
-  read LINE </dev/tty
+  IFS= read LINE </dev/tty
   stty --file=/dev/tty echo -echonl || stty -F /dev/tty echo -echonl || stty -f /dev/tty echo -echonl
   # printf '\n' >/dev/tty
 else
-  read LINE </dev/tty
+  IFS= read LINE </dev/tty
 fi
-printf '%s' "$LINE"
+printf '%s' "'$LINE'"
 exit 0
diff --git a/lib/readline-sync.js b/lib/readline-sync.js
index f7e9884..26ba5dc 100644
--- a/lib/readline-sync.js
+++ b/lib/readline-sync.js
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ function _readlineShell(noEchoBack) {
     shellPath = '/bin/sh';
     args = ['-c',
       'DATA=`(' + shellPath + ' "' + __dirname + '/read.sh"' + optEchoBack + ')`; RTN=$?;' +
-      ' if [ $RTN -eq 0 ]; then (echo $DATA |' +
+      ' if [ $RTN -eq 0 ]; then (printf \'%s\' "$DATA" |' +
       '"' + process.execPath + '" "' + __dirname + '/encrypt.js"' +
         ' "' + ALGORITHM_CIPHER + '" "' + password + '"' +
       ' >"' + pathStdout + '") fi;' +
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ function _readlineShell(noEchoBack) {
     shellStdout =
       decipher.update(fs.readFileSync(pathStdout, {encoding: 'binary'}), 'hex', encoding) +
       decipher.final(encoding);
+    shellStdout = shellStdout.replace(/^'|'$/g, '');
   }
 
   fs.unlinkSync(pathStdout);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94c7b96..09ad721 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "readline-sync",
-  "version": "0.5.2",
+  "version": "0.5.3",
   "title": "readlineSync",
   "description": "Synchronous Readline",
   "keywords": [