diff --git a/fuel-createmirror b/fuel-createmirror
index 2fac8fc..b2d2548 100755
--- a/fuel-createmirror
+++ b/fuel-createmirror
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ export BINROOT=$(dirname `readlink -f "$0"`)
 # If running on Fuel node - check if we can connect to backend
 if hash fuel2 2>/dev/null; then
     echo " * INFO: Verifying connection to the Fuel backend"
-    if env http_proxy="" fuel --user=admin --password=$FUEL_ADMIN_PASS release &>/dev/null; then
+    if env http_proxy="" fuel --user=admin --password="$FUEL_ADMIN_PASS" release &>/dev/null; then
            echo " * INFO: Fuel backend connection OK"
     else
            echo " * FATAL: Connect to Fuel backend failed. Please verify that Fuel services are up&running."