diff --git a/tasks/ece-bootstrap/primary/install_stack.yml b/tasks/ece-bootstrap/primary/install_stack.yml
index a6434fd..3fc16db 100755
--- a/tasks/ece-bootstrap/primary/install_stack.yml
+++ b/tasks/ece-bootstrap/primary/install_stack.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     --cloud-enterprise-version {{ ece_version }} 
     --docker-registry {{ ece_docker_registry }} 
     --ece-docker-repository {{ ece_docker_repository }} 
-    --memory-settings '{{ memory_settings }}' 
+    --memory-settings {{ memory_settings | quote }}
     --runner-id {{ ece_runner_id }} 
     --host-storage-path {{ data_dir }}/elastic 
     {% if container_engine == "Podman" %}
diff --git a/tasks/ece-bootstrap/secondary/install_stack.yml b/tasks/ece-bootstrap/secondary/install_stack.yml
index 91063f7..83a1c40 100755
--- a/tasks/ece-bootstrap/secondary/install_stack.yml
+++ b/tasks/ece-bootstrap/secondary/install_stack.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     --docker-registry {{ ece_docker_registry }}
     --ece-docker-repository {{ ece_docker_repository }}
     --host-storage-path {{ data_dir }}/elastic
-    --memory-settings '{{ memory_settings }}'
+    --memory-settings {{ memory_settings | quote }}
     --runner-id {{ ece_runner_id }}{% if capacity is defined %}
     --capacity {{ capacity }}{% endif %}
     {% if container_engine == "Podman" %}