diff --git a/jconf b/jconf
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 4fc3bf8..1e9548b
--- a/jconf
+++ b/jconf
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ case "$cmd" in
             echo "$2 user already exists"
         else
             while true; do
-                read -p "Do you want to create an user account $2 [Y/n]:" yn
+                read -rp "Do you want to create an user account $2 [Y/n]:" yn
                 case $yn in
                     [Yy]* ) 
-                        useradd $2;
+                        useradd "$2";
                         echo "Enter the password for $2:";
-                        passwd $2
+                        passwd "$2"
                         echo "$2 user account created successfully";
                         break;;
                     [Nn]* ) exit 1;;
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ case "$cmd" in
         else
 
             while true; do
-                read -p "Do you want to delete $2 user account? [Y/n]:" yn
+                read -rp "Do you want to delete $2 user account? [Y/n]:" yn
                 case $yn in
                     [Yy]* ) 
-                        userdel -rRZ $2;
+                        userdel -rRZ "$2";
                         echo "$2 user account deleted successfully";
                         break;;
                     [Nn]* ) exit 1;;
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ case "$cmd" in
         ;;
         
     listusers)
-        husers= awk -F: '{ if ($3 >= 1000 && $1 != "nobody" ) {print $1}}' /etc/passwd 
+        husers=$(awk -F: '{ if ($3 >= 1000 && $1 != "nobody" ) {print $1}}' /etc/passwd)
         echo $husers
         ;;