diff --git a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
index 6878a70..8f1ebfe 100644
--- a/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Gitolite/Conf/Load.pm
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ sub load_1 {
     }
 
     if ( -f "gl-conf" ) {
-        _warn "split conf not set, gl-conf present for $repo" if not $split_conf{$repo};
+        _warn "split conf not set, gl-conf present for '$repo'" if not $split_conf{$repo};
 
         my $cc = "gl-conf";
         _die "parse $cc failed: " . ( $! or $@ ) unless do $cc;
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ sub load_1 {
         $repos{$repo} = $one_repo{$repo};
         $configs{$repo} = $one_config{$repo} if $one_config{$repo};
     } else {
-        _die "split conf set, gl-conf not present for $repo" if $split_conf{$repo};
+        _die "split conf set, gl-conf not present for '$repo'" if $split_conf{$repo};
     }
 }