diff --git a/lib/kamal/commands/auditor.rb b/lib/kamal/commands/auditor.rb
index 9846d8e2..17e88171 100644
--- a/lib/kamal/commands/auditor.rb
+++ b/lib/kamal/commands/auditor.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def record(line, **details)
     combine \
       [ :mkdir, "-p", config.run_directory ],
       append(
-        [ :echo, audit_tags(**details).except(:version, :service_version, :service).to_s, line ],
+        [ :echo, "\"#{audit_tags(**details).except(:version, :service_version, :service)}\"", "\"#{line}\"" ],
         audit_log_file
       )
   end