diff --git a/autoload/tmuxline.vim b/autoload/tmuxline.vim
index 290fe6a..632bf79 100644
--- a/autoload/tmuxline.vim
+++ b/autoload/tmuxline.vim
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ fun! tmuxline#get_global_config(line, theme)
 
   let global_config = []
   for [tmux_option, value] in items(misc_options)
-    let global_config += [ 'set -g ' . tmux_option . ' ' . tmuxline#util#wrap_in_quotes(value) ]
+    let global_config += [ 'set -gq ' . tmux_option . ' ' . tmuxline#util#wrap_in_quotes(value) ]
   endfor
   for [tmux_option, value] in items(win_options)
     let global_config += [ 'setw -g ' . tmux_option . ' ' . tmuxline#util#wrap_in_quotes(value) ]