diff --git a/lib/job_types/runner.rb b/lib/job_types/runner.rb
index ade9ea7..8b98bc8 100644
--- a/lib/job_types/runner.rb
+++ b/lib/job_types/runner.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Whenever
 
       def output
         path_required
-        %Q(#{File.join(@path, 'script', 'runner')} -e #{@environment} "#{task}")
+        %Q(#{File.join(@path, 'script', 'runner')} -e #{@environment} #{task.inspect})
       end
       
     end
diff --git a/test/output_runner_test.rb b/test/output_runner_test.rb
index 0142852..b0e352c 100644
--- a/test/output_runner_test.rb
+++ b/test/output_runner_test.rb
@@ -190,4 +190,20 @@ class OutputRunnerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     end
   end
   
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+  context "A runner which makes use of double quotes" do
+    setup do
+      @output = Whenever.cron \
+      <<-file
+        set :path, '/my/path'
+        every 2.hours do
+          runner 'Product.import("http://example.com/product.xml")'
+        end
+      file
+    end
+    
+    should "output the runner using the original environmnet" do
+      assert_match two_hours + ' /my/path/script/runner -e production "Product.import(\"http://example.com/product.xml\")"', @output
+    end
+  end
+  
+end