diff --git a/.github/workflows/irc.yml b/.github/workflows/irc.yml
index 7f103ee7..dacbeb5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/irc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/irc.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Format message
         id: message
         run: |
-          echo "message=$(echo ${{ github.actor }} pushed $(echo ${{ github.event.commits[0].message }} | head -n 1 | tr -d "'") ${{ github.event.commits[0].url }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "message=$(echo ${{ github.actor }} pushed $(echo '${{ github.event.commits[0].message }}' | head -n 1) ${{ github.event.commits[0].url }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: IRC notification
         uses: Gottox/irc-message-action@v2
         with: