diff --git a/.env.development.example b/.env.development.example
index 1b408790..c4af1d09 100644
--- a/.env.development.example
+++ b/.env.development.example
@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ DATABASE_NAME=coyote_dev
 DATABASE_USERNAME=
 DATABASE_PASSWORD=
 DATABASE_HOST=localhost
-SECRET_KEY_BASE=""
-HOST="localhost"
-PORT="3000"
-MAIL_USER=""
-MAIL_PASSWORD=""
-MAIL_DOMAIN=""
-MAIL_ADDRESS=""
+SECRET_KEY_BASE=
+HOST=localhost
+PORT=3000
+MAIL_USER=
+MAIL_PASSWORD=
+MAIL_DOMAIN=
+MAIL_ADDRESS=
diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index eda4ddeb..eb1e581d 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 REPO_NAME=coyote
 REPO_URL=https://github.com/coyote-team/coyote.git
-SUPPORT_EMAIL="coyote_admin@seeread.info"
-SUPPORT_PASSWORD=""
+SUPPORT_EMAIL=coyote_admin@seeread.info
+SUPPORT_PASSWORD=
 ASSET_SYNC_GZIP_COMPRESSION=true
 ASSET_SYNC_MANIFEST=true
 ROLLBAR_ACCESS_TOKEN=
-FLOWDOCK_PROJECT_NAME=""
-FLOWDOCK_API_TOKEN=""
-SERVER_USER="coyote"
-PRODUCTION_IP=""
-STAGING_IP=""
-BOOKMARKLET="false"
-WEBSITE_URL=""
-WEBSITE_TITLE=""
+FLOWDOCK_PROJECT_NAME=
+FLOWDOCK_API_TOKEN=
+SERVER_USER=coyote
+PRODUCTION_IP=
+STAGING_IP=
+BOOKMARKLET=false
+WEBSITE_URL=
+WEBSITE_TITLE=
diff --git a/bin/conf_creator.sh b/bin/conf_creator.sh
index 0bb4e777..379651ee 100755
--- a/bin/conf_creator.sh
+++ b/bin/conf_creator.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ function populate {
     echo "#Created ${TIMESTAMP}" > $FILE
     while read -r NAME VALUE
     do
-        if [ ${$NAME} -eq SECRET_KEY_BASE ]
+        if [ ${#NAME} = "SECRET_KEY_BASE" ]
         then
             SECRET="$(bin/rake secret)"
             echo "$NAME=$SECRET" >> $FILE
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ function populate {
             else
                 RESULT="$ANSWER"
             fi
-            echo "$NAME=$RESULT" >> $FILE
+            echo "$NAME=\"$RESULT\"" >> $FILE
         fi
     done < $SOURCE
 } 3<&0