diff --git a/.local/bin/trash-put b/.local/bin/trash-put
index c2a47e71..9dde3850 100755
--- a/.local/bin/trash-put
+++ b/.local/bin/trash-put
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ use File::Path("make_path");
 use List::Util("max");
 
 sub fs_root ($file_name) {
-    chomp( my $ret = `stat -c %m $file_name` );
+    chomp( my $ret = `stat -c %m "$file_name"` );
     return $ret;
 }
 
 sub file_info ($file) {
-    my $file_name    = `basename $file`;
-    my $file_path    = `realpath -s $file`;
+    my $file_name    = `basename "$file"`;
+    my $file_path    = `realpath -s "$file"`;
+    chomp( $file_name, $file_path );
     my $file_fs_root = fs_root($file_name);
 
-    chomp( $file_name, $file_path, $file_fs_root );
     return ( $file_name, $file_path, $file_fs_root );
 }
 
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ if ( $#ARGV + 1 != 1 ) {
 
 stat $ARGV[0] or die "$!\n";
 my ( $file_name, $file_src, $file_fs_root ) = file_info( $ARGV[0] );
+
 my ( $trash_info_path, $trash_file_path ) = trash_dirs($file_fs_root);
 my $target_name = target_file_name( $file_name, $trash_file_path );
 chomp( my $deletion_time = `date -u +%Y%m%dUTC%T` );