diff --git a/AAXtoMP3 b/AAXtoMP3
index 8aefbee..3d601c4 100755
--- a/AAXtoMP3
+++ b/AAXtoMP3
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ do
 
   # Display the total length of the audiobook in format hh:mm:ss
   # 10#$var force base-10 interpretation. By default it's base-8, so values like 08 or 09 are not octal numbers
-  total_length="$(ffprobe -v error -activation_bytes "${auth_code}" -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 ${aax_file} | cut -d . -f 1)"
+  total_length="$(ffprobe -v error -activation_bytes "${auth_code}" -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "${aax_file}" | cut -d . -f 1)"
   hours="$((total_length/3600))"
   if [ "$((hours<10))" = "1" ]; then hours="0$hours"; fi
   minutes="$((total_length/60-60*10#$hours))"