diff --git a/kse/res/kse.sh b/kse/res/kse.sh
index f91076f27..066354f57 100644
--- a/kse/res/kse.sh
+++ b/kse/res/kse.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ JAR_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/kse.jar"
 JAVA_OPTIONS="-splash:${SCRIPT_DIR}/splash.png"
 
 if [ -d "${SCRIPT_DIR}/jre" ]; then
-    "${SCRIPT_DIR}/jre/bin/java" ${JAVA_OPTIONS} -jar "${JAR_FILE}" "$@"
+    "${SCRIPT_DIR}/jre/bin/java" "${JAVA_OPTIONS}" -jar "${JAR_FILE}" "$@"
 else
-    java ${JAVA_OPTIONS} -jar "${JAR_FILE}" "$@"
+    java "${JAVA_OPTIONS}" -jar "${JAR_FILE}" "$@"
 fi