diff --git a/burrow b/burrow
index 6a6d3af..c7ff869 100755
--- a/burrow
+++ b/burrow
@@ -635,26 +635,26 @@ create_config () {
     config="$HOME/.config/burrow/config"
     mkdir -p "$(dirname "$config")"
     {
-      printf "config_dir_gopher=\"$config_dir_gopher\"\\n"
+      printf "config_dir_gopher=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_dir_gopher"
       printf "\\n"
-      printf "config_gopher_server=\"$config_gopher_server\"\\n"
-      printf "config_gopher_port=\"$config_gopher_port\"\\n"
-      printf "config_gopher_root=\"$config_gopher_root\"\\n"
+      printf "config_gopher_server=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_gopher_server"
+      printf "config_gopher_port=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_gopher_port"
+      printf "config_gopher_root=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_gopher_root"
       printf "\\n"
-      printf "config_dir_phlog=\"$config_dir_phlog\"\\n"
-      printf "config_phlog_gophermap=$config_phlog_gophermap\\n"
-      printf "config_phlog_usedate=$config_phlog_usedate\\n"
-      printf "config_phlog_autorss=$config_phlog_autorss\\n"
+      printf "config_dir_phlog=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_dir_phlog"
+      printf "config_phlog_gophermap=%s\\n" "$config_phlog_gophermap"
+      printf "config_phlog_usedate=%s\\n" "$config_phlog_usedate"
+      printf "config_phlog_autorss=%s\\n" "$config_phlog_autorss"
       printf "\\n"
-      printf "config_git_commit=$config_git_commit\\n"
-      printf "config_git_push=$config_git_push\\n"
+      printf "config_git_commit=%s\\n" "$config_git_commit"
+      printf "config_git_push=%s\\n" "$config_git_push"
       printf "\\n"
-      printf "config_autoindent=$config_autoindent\\n"
+      printf "config_autoindent=%s\\n" "$config_autoindent"
       printf "\\n"
-      printf "config_file_rss=\"$config_file_rss\"\\n"
-      printf "config_gopher_name=\"$config_gopher_name\"\\n"
-      printf "config_gopher_desc=\"$config_gopher_desc\"\\n"
-      printf "config_rss_num_entries=\"$config_rss_num_entries\"\\n"
+      printf "config_file_rss=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_file_rss"
+      printf "config_gopher_name=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_gopher_name"
+      printf "config_gopher_desc=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_gopher_desc"
+      printf "config_rss_num_entries=\"%s\"\\n" "$config_rss_num_entries"
     } >> "$config"
   fi
 }