diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 46befe51..3aacf828 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@ init_lua:
     "local core\n"
     "xpcall(function()\n"
     "  HOME = os.getenv('" LITE_OS_HOME "')\n"
-    "  local exedir = EXEFILE:match(\"^(.*)" LITE_PATHSEP_PATTERN LITE_NONPATHSEP_PATTERN "$\")\n"
-    "  local prefix = exedir:match(\"^(.*)" LITE_PATHSEP_PATTERN "bin$\")\n"
+    "  local exedir = EXEFILE:match('^(.*)" LITE_PATHSEP_PATTERN LITE_NONPATHSEP_PATTERN "$')\n"
+    "  local prefix = exedir:match('^(.*)" LITE_PATHSEP_PATTERN "bin$')\n"
     "  dofile((MACOS_RESOURCES or (prefix and prefix .. '/share/lite-xl' or exedir .. '/data')) .. '/core/start.lua')\n"
     "  core = require('core')\n"
     "  core.init()\n"