diff --git a/src/fenrirscreenreader/commands/commands/export_clipboard_to_x.py b/src/fenrirscreenreader/commands/commands/export_clipboard_to_x.py
index 2b344bf4..a8696518 100644
--- a/src/fenrirscreenreader/commands/commands/export_clipboard_to_x.py
+++ b/src/fenrirscreenreader/commands/commands/export_clipboard_to_x.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from fenrirscreenreader.core import debug
 import subprocess, os
 from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
+import shlex
 import _thread
 
 class command():
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ class command():
                 return 
             clipboard = self.env['runtime']['memoryManager'].getIndexListElement('clipboardHistory')                               
             for display in range(10):
-                p = Popen('su ' + self.env['general']['currUser'] + ' -c  "echo -n \\\"' + clipboard.replace('"','\\\\\\"')  +'\\\" | xclip -d :' + str(display) + ' -selection c"' , stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, shell=True)
+                p = Popen('su ' + self.env['general']['currUser'] + ' -c  "echo -n ' + shlex.quote(clipboard) +' | xclip -d :' + str(display) + ' -selection c"' , stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, shell=True)
                 stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
                 self.env['runtime']['outputManager'].interruptOutput()
                 #screenEncoding = self.env['runtime']['settingsManager'].getSetting('screen', 'encoding')