1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 06f89665..d71ef136 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -108,8 +108,12 @@ dep-check:
 	@   # support for a database is missing:
 	@DEFAULT_DB_TYPE=""; \
 	if test -e ${SLX_CONFIG_PATH}/settings; then \
+        sed ${SLX_CONFIG_PATH}/settings \
+          -e "s,=,=\"," -e "s,$$,\"," \
+          > /tmp/slxsettings; \
 		echo "Reading local settings..."; \
-		. ${SLX_CONFIG_PATH}/settings; \
+		. /tmp/slxsettings; \
+        rm /tmp/slxsettings; \
 	fi; \
 	for m in $${SLX_DB_TYPE} SQLite mysql; do \
 		if ! perl -Ilib -Iconfig-db -e "use OpenSLX::MetaDB::$$m" 2>>${SLX_INSTALL_LOG} ; then \