diff --git a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh
index bdee341bd..265adfa5a 100644
--- a/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh
+++ b/plugins/per-directory-history/per-directory-history.zsh
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ function _per-directory-history-change-directory() {
 }
 
 function _per-directory-history-addhistory() {
-  print -Sr -- ${1%%$'\n'}
+  print -Sr -- "${1%%$'\n'}"
   fc -p $_per_directory_history_directory
 }