# \[20170427232658\] Environment Variable Hotfix

**URL:** https://community.convox.com/t/20170427232658-environment-variable-hotfix/271
**Category:** Releases
**Created:** [April 27, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/20170427232658-environment-variable-hotfix/271 "2017-04-27T23:26:29Z")
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### Author: ![ddollar](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/community.convox.com/ddollar/32/3_2.png) [@ddollar](https://community.convox.com/u/ddollar)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://community.convox.com/t/20170427232658-environment-variable-hotfix/271/1 "2017-04-27T23:26:29Z")

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This update removes single quotes from an environment variable only if the value has a leading and trailing quote. For example:

```auto
$ convox env set FOO='bar'
$ echo $FOO
bar

$ convox env set FOO="bar'"
$ echo $FOO
bar'

$ convox env set FOO="'bar"
$ echo $FOO
'bar

```

- [#2173](https://github.com/convox/rack/pull/2173) remove single quotes from env vars [[@MiguelMoll](https://github.com/MiguelMoll)]