diff --git a/widgets/gmail.lua b/widgets/gmail.lua
index 84f2125..e3e5503 100644
--- a/widgets/gmail.lua
+++ b/widgets/gmail.lua
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ local mail = {
 -- {{{ Gmail widget type
 local function worker(format, warg)
     -- Get info from the Gmail atom feed
-    local f = io.popen("curl --connect-timeout 1 -m 3 -fsn " .. feed)
+    local f = io.popen("curl --connect-timeout 1 -m 3 -fsn " .. helpers.shellquote(feed[1]))
 
     -- Could be huge don't read it all at once, info we are after is at the top
     local xml = f:read(2000)