diff --git a/quickemu b/quickemu
index 624c8c1..caa8454 100755
--- a/quickemu
+++ b/quickemu
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ function configure_bios() {
             # Write destination vars file with correct extension
             # based on source format of the EFI_EXTRA_VARS file
             QCOW2VARS=$(is_firmware_qcow2 "${EFI_EXTRA_VARS}")
-            if ["${QCOW2VARS}" = "true"]; then
+            if [ "${QCOW2VARS}" = "true" ]; then
                 EFI_VARS="${VMDIR}/OVMF_VARS.qcow2"
             else
                 EFI_VARS="${VMDIR}/OVMF_VARS.fd"
@@ -1393,8 +1393,8 @@ function vm_boot() {
     if [[ "${boot}" == *"efi"* ]]; then
         QCOW2CODE=$(is_firmware_qcow2 "${EFI_CODE}")
         QCOW2VARS=$(is_firmware_qcow2 "${EFI_VARS}")
-        if ["${QCOW2CODE}" = "true"]; then EFI_CODE_FORMAT="qcow2"; else EFI_CODE_FORMAT="raw"; fi
-        if ["${QCOW2VARS}" = "true"]; then EFI_VARS_FORMAT="qcow2"; else EFI_VARS_FORMAT="raw"; fi
+        if [ "${QCOW2CODE}" = "true" ]; then EFI_CODE_FORMAT="qcow2"; else EFI_CODE_FORMAT="raw"; fi
+        if [ "${QCOW2VARS}" = "true" ]; then EFI_VARS_FORMAT="qcow2"; else EFI_VARS_FORMAT="raw"; fi
         # shellcheck disable=SC2054
         args+=(-global driver=cfi.pflash01,property=secure,value=on
             -drive if=pflash,format="${EFI_CODE_FORMAT}",unit=0,file="${EFI_CODE}",readonly=on