diff --git a/z3/prepare-app.sh b/z3/prepare-app.sh
index b305527..0c8d394 100644
--- a/z3/prepare-app.sh
+++ b/z3/prepare-app.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ az role assignment create --assignee $principalId \
  --scope /subscriptions/$subscriptionId/resourceGroups/suhailgroup/providers/Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries/$suhailregistry \
  --role acrpull
 
-az webapp config appsettings set --name $app_name -g suhailgroup --settings SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI='mysql://adminuser@$mysql_service:My5up3rStr0ngPaSw0rd!@$mysql_service.mysql.database.azure.com/main' \
+az webapp config appsettings set --name $app_name -g suhailgroup --settings SQLALCHEMY_DATABASE_URI="mysql://adminuser@$mysql_service:My5up3rStr0ngPaSw0rd!@$mysql_service.mysql.database.azure.com/main" \
     MYSQL_USER='adminuser@$mysql_service' MYSQL_PASSWORD='My5up3rStr0ngPaSw0rd!' MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD='My5up3rStr0ngPaSw0rd!'