diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index b65e253..31d009b 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ HTML;
 		if(defined('DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR')) $base = str_replace(DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR, '/', $base);
 		else $base = str_replace("\\", '/', $base);
 		
-		if($base != '.') $baseClause = "RewriteBase $base\n";
+		if($base != '.') $baseClause = "RewriteBase '$base'\n";
 		else $baseClause = "";
 		
 		$rewrite = <<<TEXT