diff --git a/process/create-orders b/process/create-orders
index 8dd595cf3..4740dec2f 100755
--- a/process/create-orders
+++ b/process/create-orders
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ else
   mv orders.dir "orders.dir.$TURN"
   mkdir -p orders.dir
 fi
-find orders.dir.$TURN -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%T+\t%p\n" | sort | cut -f2 | while read
+find "orders.dir.$TURN" -maxdepth 1 -type f -printf "%T+\t%p\n" | sort | cut -f2 | while read -r
 do
-  cat "$REPLY" >> orders.$TURN
+  cat "$REPLY" >> "orders.$TURN"
 done
 
 lockfile -r3 -l120 orders.queue.lock