diff --git a/misc/cronjobs/social_data/update_social_data.pl b/misc/cronjobs/social_data/update_social_data.pl
index e0de0aa1ce..dff5a1c485 100755
--- a/misc/cronjobs/social_data/update_social_data.pl
+++ b/misc/cronjobs/social_data/update_social_data.pl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use Koha::Script -cron;
 use C4::Context;
 use C4::SocialData;
 
-my $url             = C4::Context->preference("Babeltheque_url_update");
+my $url             = quotemeta( C4::Context->preference("Babeltheque_url_update") );
 my $output_dir      = qq{/tmp};
 my $output_filepath = qq{$output_dir/social_data.csv};
 system(qq{/bin/rm -f $output_filepath});