diff --git a/qvm-tools/qubes-hcl-report b/qvm-tools/qubes-hcl-report
index e5e62a45..671f0000 100755
--- a/qvm-tools/qubes-hcl-report
+++ b/qvm-tools/qubes-hcl-report
@@ -229,12 +229,12 @@ if [[ "$COPY2VM" != "dom0" ]]
 
     if [[ -f "$HOME/$FILENAME.cpio.gz" ]]
       then
-        cat "$HOME/$FILENAME.cpio.gz" | qvm-run -a -q --pass-io $COPY2VM "cat >/home/user/$FILENAME.cpio.gz"
+        cat "$HOME/$FILENAME.cpio.gz" | qvm-run -a -q --pass-io $COPY2VM "cat > \"/home/user/$FILENAME.cpio.gz\""
     fi
 
     if [[ -f "$HOME/$FILENAME.yml" ]]
       then
-        cat "$HOME/$FILENAME.yml" | qvm-run -a -q --pass-io $COPY2VM "cat >/home/user/$FILENAME.yml"
+        cat "$HOME/$FILENAME.yml" | qvm-run -a -q --pass-io $COPY2VM "cat > \"/home/user/$FILENAME.yml\""
     fi
 
 fi