diff --git a/spcd.sh b/spcd.sh
index 02e02f0..75e9cc6 100644
--- a/spcd.sh
+++ b/spcd.sh
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ ${spcd_ipm__url}
 		spcd_ipm__script="${spcd_ipm__root}/${spcd_ipm__name}/spcd.sh"
 		if [ -f "${spcd_ipm__script}" ]; then
 			spcd_ipm__file="${spcd_ipm__root}/spcd.sh"
-			echo "${SPCD}" > "${spcd_ipm__file}"
+			printf "%s" "${SPCD}" > "${spcd_ipm__file}"
 			ls -l "${spcd_ipm__file}"
 			dos2unix "${spcd_ipm__file}"
 			ls -l "${spcd_ipm__file}"