diff --git a/src/Joomlatools/Console/Command/Database/AbstractDatabase.php b/src/Joomlatools/Console/Command/Database/AbstractDatabase.php
index aa93437..76f01a0 100644
--- a/src/Joomlatools/Console/Command/Database/AbstractDatabase.php
+++ b/src/Joomlatools/Console/Command/Database/AbstractDatabase.php
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputOption;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
-
 use Joomlatools\Console\Command\Site\AbstractSite;
 
 abstract class AbstractDatabase extends AbstractSite
@@ -148,17 +147,21 @@ private function _executeMysqlWithCredentials(callable $callback)
             $file = tmpfile();
             $path = stream_get_meta_data($file)['uri'];
 
+            $user = $this->processString($this->mysql->user);
+            $password = $this->processString($this->mysql->password);
+            $host = $this->processString($this->mysql->host);
+            $port = $this->processString($this->mysql->port);
+
             $contents = <<<STR
 [client]
-user={$this->mysql->user}
-password={$this->mysql->password}
-host={$this->mysql->host}
-port={$this->mysql->port}
+user={$user}
+password={$password}
+host={$host}
+port={$port}
 STR;
 
             fwrite($file, $contents);
 
-
             return exec($callback($path));
         }
         finally {
@@ -185,4 +188,20 @@ protected function _promptDatabaseDetails(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface
         $input->setOption('mysql-database', $this->target_db);
         $input->setOption('mysql-driver', $this->mysql->driver);
     }
+
+    private function processString(string $input): string
+    {
+        // Undo escaped characters
+        $input = stripslashes($input);
+
+        // Check if the string starts and ends with single quotes and replace with double quotes
+        // or add double quotes if the string does not start and end with quotes
+        if (preg_match("/^'(.*)'$/", $input, $matches)) {
+            $input = '"' . $matches[1] . '"';
+        } elseif (!preg_match('/^["\'].*["\']$/', $input)) {
+            $input = '"' . $input . '"';
+        }
+
+        return $input;
+    }
 }