diff --git a/buildres/linux/jabrefHost.py b/buildres/linux/jabrefHost.py
index aedf2d81580..557768fc9f6 100755
--- a/buildres/linux/jabrefHost.py
+++ b/buildres/linux/jabrefHost.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def send_message(message):
 
 def add_jabref_entry(data):
     """Send string via cli as literal to preserve special characters"""
-    cmd = str(JABREF_PATH).split() + ["--importBibtex", r"{}".format(data)]
+    cmd = str(JABREF_PATH).split() + ["--importBibtex", r"'{}'".format(data)]
     logging.info("Try to execute command {}".format(cmd))
     response = subprocess.check_output(cmd, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
     logging.info("Called JabRef and got: {}".format(response))