diff --git a/src/Configurator/EnvConfigurator.php b/src/Configurator/EnvConfigurator.php
index 339df943..01a5abe3 100644
--- a/src/Configurator/EnvConfigurator.php
+++ b/src/Configurator/EnvConfigurator.php
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ private function configureEnvDist(Recipe $recipe, $vars, bool $update)
                 }
 
                 $value = $this->options->expandTargetDir($value);
-                if (false !== strpbrk($value, " \t\n&!\"")) {
+                if (!str_starts_with($value, "'") && !str_ends_with($value, "'") && false !== strpbrk($value, " \t\n&!\"")) {
                     $value = '"'.str_replace(['\\', '"', "\t", "\n"], ['\\\\', '\\"', '\t', '\n'], $value).'"';
                 }
                 $data .= "$key=$value\n";
diff --git a/tests/Configurator/DotenvConfiguratorTest.php b/tests/Configurator/DotenvConfiguratorTest.php
index e8d794bf..148a0f81 100644
--- a/tests/Configurator/DotenvConfiguratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Configurator/DotenvConfiguratorTest.php
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ public function testConfigure()
                 '#2' => 'Comment 3',
                 '#TRUSTED_SECRET' => 's3cretf0rt3st"<>',
                 'APP_SECRET' => 's3cretf0rt3st"<>',
+                'ALLOWED_LANGUAGES' => '\'["en","de","es"]\'',
             ],
         ], $lock);
 
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public function testConfigure()
 # Comment 3
 #TRUSTED_SECRET="s3cretf0rt3st\"<>"
 APP_SECRET="s3cretf0rt3st\"<>"
+ALLOWED_LANGUAGES='["en","de","es"]'
 ###< FooBundle ###
 
 EOF;
diff --git a/tests/Configurator/EnvConfiguratorTest.php b/tests/Configurator/EnvConfiguratorTest.php
index 1d7e237f..c5f71c3d 100644
--- a/tests/Configurator/EnvConfiguratorTest.php
+++ b/tests/Configurator/EnvConfiguratorTest.php
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ public function testConfigure()
             '#2' => 'Comment 3',
             '#TRUSTED_SECRET' => 's3cretf0rt3st"<>',
             'APP_SECRET' => 's3cretf0rt3st"<>',
+            'ALLOWED_LANGUAGES' => '\'["en","de","es"]\'',
         ], $lock);
 
         $envContents = <<<EOF
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ public function testConfigure()
 # Comment 3
 #TRUSTED_SECRET="s3cretf0rt3st\"<>"
 APP_SECRET="s3cretf0rt3st\"<>"
+ALLOWED_LANGUAGES='["en","de","es"]'
 ###< FooBundle ###
 
 EOF;
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ public function testConfigure()
         <!-- Comment 3 -->
         <!-- env name="TRUSTED_SECRET" value="s3cretf0rt3st&quot;&lt;&gt;" -->
         <env name="APP_SECRET" value="s3cretf0rt3st&quot;&lt;&gt;"/>
+        <env name="ALLOWED_LANGUAGES" value="'[&quot;en&quot;,&quot;de&quot;,&quot;es&quot;]'"/>
         <!-- ###- FooBundle ### -->
     </php>