diff --git a/lib/trellis/plugins/filter/filters.py b/lib/trellis/plugins/filter/filters.py
index 8b4f624232..18d9557c5a 100644
--- a/lib/trellis/plugins/filter/filters.py
+++ b/lib/trellis/plugins/filter/filters.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from ansible.module_utils.six import string_types
 
 def to_env(dict_value):
-    envs = ["{0}='{1}'".format(key.upper(), str(value).replace("'","\\'")) for key, value in sorted(dict_value.items())]
+envs = ['{0}="{1}"'.format(key.upper(), str(value).replace('"','\\"\)) for key, value in sorted(dict_value.items())]
     return "\n".join(envs)
 
 def underscore(value):