diff --git a/templates/pg-create-user-db.sh.j2 b/templates/pg-create-user-db.sh.j2
index 4dd13ec..b4dad4f 100644
--- a/templates/pg-create-user-db.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/pg-create-user-db.sh.j2
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --username "$POSTGRES_USER" --dbname "$POSTGRES_DB" <<-EOSQL
-	CREATE USER {{ open_asfa_db_user }} password {{ open_asfa_db_pwd }};
+	CREATE USER {{ open_asfa_db_user }} password '{{ open_asfa_db_pwd }}';
 	CREATE DATABASE {{ open_asfa_db_name }}
 	OWNER {{ open_asfa_db_user }}
 	ENCODING UTF8 LC_COLLATE 'en_US.UTF-8' LC_CTYPE 'en_US.UTF-8'