1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/mkuid.sh b/mkuid.sh
index 0264628cc..47aa42acd 100755
--- a/mkuid.sh
+++ b/mkuid.sh
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ echo "#define FIREJAIL_UIDS_H" >> uids.h
 
 if [ -r /etc/login.defs ]
 then
-        UID_MIN=`awk '/^\s*UID_MIN\s*([0-9]*).*?$/ {print $2}' /etc/login.defs`
-        GID_MIN=`awk '/^\s*GID_MIN\s*([0-9]*).*?$/ {print $2}' /etc/login.defs`
+        UID_MIN="$(awk '/^\s*UID_MIN\s*([0-9]*).*?$/ {print $2}' /etc/login.defs)"
+        GID_MIN="$(awk '/^\s*GID_MIN\s*([0-9]*).*?$/ {print $2}' /etc/login.defs)"
 fi
 
 # use default values if not found