diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 595506c8ccc71f83c68ff35ed6a61dc1e23a7c92..ff2d586fc5a309157471adf3499b9592e5d3b827 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	"postCreateCommand": "pip3 install -e .",
 	"appPort": 8123,
 	"runArgs": [
-		"-e", "GIT_EDITOR='code --wait'"
+		"-e", "GIT_EDITOR=\"code --wait\""
 	],
 	"extensions": [
 		"ms-python.python",