diff --git a/clusters/cl01tl/platform/qbittorrent/templates/config-map.yaml b/clusters/cl01tl/platform/qbittorrent/templates/config-map.yaml
index f321e28c4..265a01a7c 100644
--- a/clusters/cl01tl/platform/qbittorrent/templates/config-map.yaml
+++ b/clusters/cl01tl/platform/qbittorrent/templates/config-map.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ data:
         echo "curl could not be found, installing"
         apk add curl
     fi
-
     echo "updating port with $1"
-
-    curl -i -X POST -d "json={\"listen_port\": $1}" "http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences"'
+    curl -i -X POST -d "json={\"listen_port\": \"${1}\"}" "http://localhost:8080/api/v2/app/setPreferences"'