diff --git a/ys b/ys
index b0de296..7b6c97b 100755
--- a/ys
+++ b/ys
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if [[ "$1" = "e" ]]; then
   PARFILE="$(mktemp -t 'YS-XXXXXXXX')"
   [[ -z "$YS_PASS" ]] && read -rs -p 'Encryption password: ' YS_PASS
   echo "Processing..."
-  tar --use-compress-program='zstd -T0 -10' -cf - -- $* | \
+  tar --use-compress-program='zstd -T0 -10' -cf - -- "$@" | \
     openssl aes-256-cbc -e -pbkdf2 -pass "pass:$YS_PASS" | \
     xpar -Je -i 3 -H blake2b > "$PARFILE"
   truncate -s $(( ( $(wc -c < "$PARFILE") + 7199 ) / 7200 * 7200 )) "$PARFILE"