diff --git a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
index 081743ca..cfb34292 100755
--- a/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
+++ b/powerlevel9k.zsh-theme
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ prompt_dir() {
             break;
           fi
         done
-
+        
         local packageName=$(jq '.name' ${pkgFile} 2> /dev/null \
           || node -e 'console.log(require(process.argv[1]).name);' ${pkgFile} 2>/dev/null \
           || cat "${pkgFile}" 2> /dev/null | grep -m 1 "\"name\"" | awk -F ':' '{print $2}' | awk -F '"' '{print $2}' 2>/dev/null \
@@ -1282,8 +1282,8 @@ powerlevel9k_prepare_prompts() {
   _P9K_TIMER_START=99999999999
 
   if [[ "$POWERLEVEL9K_PROMPT_ON_NEWLINE" == true ]]; then
-    PROMPT='$(print_icon 'MULTILINE_FIRST_PROMPT_PREFIX')%f%b%k$(build_left_prompt)
-$(print_icon 'MULTILINE_SECOND_PROMPT_PREFIX')'
+    PROMPT="$(print_icon 'MULTILINE_FIRST_PROMPT_PREFIX')%f%b%k$(build_left_prompt)
+$(print_icon 'MULTILINE_SECOND_PROMPT_PREFIX')"
     if [[ "$POWERLEVEL9K_RPROMPT_ON_NEWLINE" != true ]]; then
       # The right prompt should be on the same line as the first line of the left
       # prompt. To do so, there is just a quite ugly workaround: Before zsh draws
@@ -1298,13 +1298,13 @@ $(print_icon 'MULTILINE_SECOND_PROMPT_PREFIX')'
       RPROMPT_SUFFIX=''
     fi
   else
-    PROMPT='%f%b%k$(build_left_prompt)'
+    PROMPT="%f%b%k$(build_left_prompt)"
     RPROMPT_PREFIX=''
     RPROMPT_SUFFIX=''
   fi
 
   if [[ "$POWERLEVEL9K_DISABLE_RPROMPT" != true ]]; then
-    RPROMPT='$RPROMPT_PREFIX%f%b%k$(build_right_prompt)%{$reset_color%}$RPROMPT_SUFFIX'
+    RPROMPT="$RPROMPT_PREFIX%f%b%k$(build_right_prompt)%{$reset_color%}$RPROMPT_SUFFIX"
   fi
 NEWLINE='
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