diff --git a/bin/vmail-domains-mod.sh b/bin/vmail-domains-mod.sh
index 8f99efe..2a9ac74 100755
--- a/bin/vmail-domains-mod.sh
+++ b/bin/vmail-domains-mod.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ if [[ -n $quota ]]; then
   # make quota uppercase in case it is set to NULL
   quota=`echo $quota | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]`
   if [[ "$quota" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [[ "$quota" == "NULL" ]]; then
-    dbset=" mbox_quota_default=\"$quota\""
+    dbset=" mbox_quota_default=$quota"
   else
     echo "ERROR: quota (-q) must numeric or NULL"
     exit 1
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if [[  -n $limit ]]; then
     if [ ! -z "$dbset" ]; then
       dbset="$dbset,"
     fi
-    dbset="$dbset mbox_limit=\"$limit\""
+    dbset="$dbset mbox_limit=$limit"
   else
     echo "ERROR: limit (-l) must numeric or NULL"
     exit 1
diff --git a/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh b/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
index b372606..4f68561 100755
--- a/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
+++ b/bin/vmail-mboxes-mod.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ if [ -n "$quota" ]; then
   # make quota uppercase in case it is set to NULL
   quota=`echo $quota | tr [:lower:] [:upper:]`
   if [[ "$quota" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] || [[ "$quota" == "NULL" ]]; then
-    dbset=" quota=\"$quota\""
+    dbset=" quota=$quota"
   else
     echo "ERROR: quota (-q) must numeric or NULL"
     exit 1
@@ -74,9 +74,8 @@ fi
 if [ -n "$dbset" ]; then
 
   # build query
-  dbcmd="mysql --defaults-extra-file=$MYSQL_CONNECTION_INFO_FILE -e 'UPDATE vm_mboxes SET $dbset WHERE mbox.id=\"$mbox_id\";'"
-#   eval $dbcmd
-  echo $dbcmd
+  dbcmd="mysql --defaults-extra-file=$MYSQL_CONNECTION_INFO_FILE -e 'UPDATE vm_mboxes SET $dbset WHERE id=\"$mbox_id\";'"
+  eval $dbcmd
 
 else