diff --git a/feeds/ucentral/ratelimit/files/etc/init.d/ratelimit b/feeds/ucentral/ratelimit/files/etc/init.d/ratelimit
index fa313f232..1e56cc1e9 100755
--- a/feeds/ucentral/ratelimit/files/etc/init.d/ratelimit
+++ b/feeds/ucentral/ratelimit/files/etc/init.d/ratelimit
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ add_rate() {
 	config_get ssid "$cfg" ssid
 	config_get ingress "$cfg" ingress
 	config_get egress "$cfg" egress
-	ubus call ratelimit defaults_set '{"name": "'$ssid'", "rate_ingress": "'$ingress'mbit", "rate_egress": "'$egress'mbit" }'
+	ubus call ratelimit defaults_set "{\"name\": \"$ssid\", \"rate_ingress\": \""$ingress"mbit\", \"rate_egress\": \""$egress"mbit\" }"
 }
 
 reload_service() {