diff --git a/sendMessage b/sendMessage
index a32a29e..5bc0c53 100755
--- a/sendMessage
+++ b/sendMessage
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ response=$(curl -s -X POST "https://api.telegram.org/bot$1/sendMessage" \
   -d "chat_id=$2" \
   -d "parse_mode=MarkdownV2" \
   -d "link_preview_options={\"is_disabled\":true}" \
-  -d "text=$3")
+  -d "text=\"$3\"")
 
 # if command -v jq >/dev/null 2>&1; then
     message_id=$(echo "$response" | jq '.result.message_id')