diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 76950271a..50ae66370 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ jobs:
       env: NPM_SCRIPT=build
       before_deploy:
       - npm --no-git-tag-version version $($(npm bin)/json -f package.json version)-prerelease.$(date +%s)
-      - git config --global user.email $(git log --pretty=format:"%ae" -n1)
-      - git config --global user.name $(git log --pretty=format:"%an" -n1)
+      - git config --global user.email "$(git log --pretty=format:"%ae" -n1)"
+      - git config --global user.name "$(git log --pretty=format:"%an" -n1)"
       deploy:
       - provider: npm
         on: