diff --git a/chapter01/changelog.xml b/chapter01/changelog.xml
index 7a22673c3..9b80f630f 100644
--- a/chapter01/changelog.xml
+++ b/chapter01/changelog.xml
@@ -222,6 +222,11 @@ that's not running, it'll not print FAILED anymore but [ ATTN ] along
 with "Already running" or "Not running".
 </para></listitem>
 
+<listitem><para>
+Chapter 7: Changed $* into "$@" in the functions script. "$@" allows 
+usage of quoted arguments with blanks.
+</para></listitem>
+
 <listitem><para>
 Chapter 7+8: Moved the creation of /etc/fstab to chapter 8.
 </para></listitem>		
diff --git a/chapter07/functions.xml b/chapter07/functions.xml
index 7222881cd..10b53f501 100644
--- a/chapter07/functions.xml
+++ b/chapter07/functions.xml
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ loadproc()
         if [ ! -n "$pid" ]
         then
 #
-# Empty $pid variable means it's not running, so we run $* (all
+# Empty $pid variable means it's not running, so we run "$@" (all
 # parameters giving to this function from the script) and then check the
 # return value
 #
 
-                $*
+                "$@"
                 evaluate_retval
         else
 #