diff --git a/quickget b/quickget
index fd518d0..e014243 100755
--- a/quickget
+++ b/quickget
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function error_specify_os() {
 }
 
 function os_supported() {
-    if [[ ! " $(os_support) " =~ " ${OS} " ]]; then
+    if [[ ! "$(os_support)" =~ ${OS} ]]; then
         error_not_supported_os
     fi
 }
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function error_not_supported_os() {
 }
 
 function error_not_supported_release() {
-    if [[ ! " ${RELEASES[*]} " =~ " ${RELEASE} " ]]; then
+    if [[ ! "${RELEASES[*]}" =~ ${RELEASE} ]]; then
         echo -e "ERROR! ${DISPLAY_NAME} ${RELEASE} is not a supported release."
         echo -n 'Supported releases: '
         "releases_${OS}"
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ function error_not_supported_release() {
 }
 
 function error_not_supported_edition() {
-    if [[ ! " ${EDITIONS[*]} " =~ " ${EDITION} " ]]; then
+    if [[ ! "${EDITIONS[*]}" =~ ${EDITION} ]]; then
         echo -e "ERROR! ${EDITION} is not a supported $(pretty_name "${OS}") edition\n"
         echo -n ' - Editions: '
         for EDITION in "${EDITIONS[@]}"; do
@@ -3564,7 +3564,7 @@ if [ -n "${2}" ]; then
         "languages_${OS}"
         if [ -n "${3}" ]; then
             LANG="${3}"
-            if [[ ! ${LANGS[*]} =~ "${LANG}" ]]; then
+            if [[ ! "${LANGS[*]}" =~ ${LANG} ]]; then
                 error_not_supported_lang
             fi
             VM_PATH="$(echo "${OS}-${RELEASE}-${LANG// /-}" | tr -d '()')"