diff --git a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
index 263b814849..9921c05e7d 100755
--- a/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
+++ b/packages/addons/service/downloadmanager/transmission/source/bin/transmission.start
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if [ ! "$TRANSMISSION_LIMIT_TORRENT" = "" ]; then
   TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -l $TRANSMISSION_LIMIT_TORRENT"
 fi
 
-TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -a $TRANSMISSION_IP"
+TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -a '$TRANSMISSION_IP'"
 
 if [ "$TRANSMISSION_AUTH" = "true" ]; then
   TRANSMISSION_ARG="$TRANSMISSION_ARG -t"
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ if [ ! "$(pidof transmission-daemon)" ];then
     if [ -f "$LOCKDIR/$LOCKFILE" ] ; then
       break
     fi
-    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ADDON_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" transmission-daemon -f $TRANSMISSION_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ADDON_DIR/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH" eval transmission-daemon -f $TRANSMISSION_ARG &>$LOG_FILE
     sleep 1
   done &
 fi