diff --git a/show_possible_srpms.sh b/show_possible_srpms.sh
index 83c4d08..1c1eef3 100755
--- a/show_possible_srpms.sh
+++ b/show_possible_srpms.sh
@@ -97,11 +97,7 @@ if [[ ! -d .git ]] || [[ ! -d SPECS ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-# commit message contains white space, set IFS to \n
-IFS='
-'
-
-LOGARGS="--pretty=%H|\%s"
+LOGARGS="--pretty='%H|%s'"
 if [[ ${RHELONLY} -eq 1 ]]; then
     LOGARGS="${LOGARGS} --author='${RHELAUTHOR}'"
 fi
@@ -110,29 +106,35 @@ if [[ "x${BRANCH}" != 'x' ]]; then
     LOGARGS="${LOGARGS} ${BRANCH}"
 fi
 
-loglist=$(git log ${LOGARGS} |grep import)
+loglist="$(eval "git log ${LOGARGS}" | grep import)"
 if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
+# split loglist on newline
+splitloglist()
+{
+    local IFS=$'\n'
+    loglist=($loglist)
+}
+splitloglist
+
 # flag for if nothing is found
 FOUND=False
-for entry in $loglist; do
+for entry in "${loglist[@]}"; do
     FOUND=True
 
-    pkg=$(echo ${entry} | cut -d' ' -f2)
+    pkg=$(echo "${entry}" | cut -d' ' -f2)
     # strip .src.rpm if present
     nvr="${pkg%.src.rpm}"
     if [[ ${WITHCOMMITHASH} -eq 1 ]]; then
-        shasum=$(echo ${entry} | cut -d'|' -f1)
+        shasum=$(echo "${entry}" | cut -d'|' -f1)
         echo "${shasum}:${nvr}.src.rpm"
     else
         echo "${nvr}.src.rpm"
     fi
 done
 
-if [ "${FOUND}" != "True" ]
-then
+if [ "${FOUND}" != "True" ]; then
     warn "No SRPMs found"
 fi
-