diff --git a/judge/compile.sh b/judge/compile.sh
index 14d768b2ae..9d8abe898d 100755
--- a/judge/compile.sh
+++ b/judge/compile.sh
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ logmsg $LOG_INFO "starting compile"
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2236
 if [ ! -z "$ENTRY_POINT" ]; then
-	ENVIRONMENT_VARS="-V ENTRY_POINT=$ENTRY_POINT"
+	ENVIRONMENT_VARS="-V ENTRY_POINT=\"$ENTRY_POINT\""
 fi
 if [ -n "$DEBUG" ]; then
-	ENVIRONMENT_VARS="$ENVIRONMENT_VARS -V DEBUG=$DEBUG"
+	ENVIRONMENT_VARS="$ENVIRONMENT_VARS -V DEBUG=\"$DEBUG\""
 fi
 
 # First compile to 'source' then rename to 'program' to avoid problems with