diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index c1848dd..1eb5444 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 steps:
   - label: ":stopwatch: Running checks for Wilson"
     command:
-      - Rscript -e \'devtools::check()\'
+      - "Rscript -e \'devtools::check()\'"
     plugins:
       https://github.com/loosolab/conda-buildkite-plugin.git#master: