diff --git a/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh b/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
index 93448369a0..a8615c2337 100755
--- a/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
+++ b/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal.sh
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ REDO_POS=0x$("$PG_BIN"/pg_controldata -D "$DATA_DIR" | grep -F "REDO location"|
 declare -i WAL_SIZE=$REDO_POS+114
 "$PG_BIN"/pg_ctl -D "$DATA_DIR" -l "$DATA_DIR/logfile.log" start
 "$PG_BIN"/pg_ctl -D "$DATA_DIR" -l "$DATA_DIR/logfile.log" stop -m immediate
-cp "$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001 .
+cp "$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001 "$DATA_DIR"
 cp "$WAL_PATH"/* "$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/
 for partial in "$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/*.partial ; do mv "$partial" "${partial%.partial}" ; done
-dd if=000000010000000000000001 of="$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001 bs=$WAL_SIZE count=1 conv=notrunc
-rm -f 000000010000000000000001
+dd if="$DATA_DIR"/000000010000000000000001 of="$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001 bs=$WAL_SIZE count=1 conv=notrunc
+rm -f "$DATA_DIR"/000000010000000000000001
diff --git a/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal_initdb.sh b/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal_initdb.sh
index c6277ebc60..e7b0432505 100755
--- a/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal_initdb.sh
+++ b/libs/utils/scripts/restore_from_wal_initdb.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ REDO_POS=0x$("$PG_BIN"/pg_controldata -D "$DATA_DIR" | grep -F "REDO location"|
 declare -i WAL_SIZE=$REDO_POS+114
 "$PG_BIN"/pg_ctl -D "$DATA_DIR" -l "$DATA_DIR/logfile.log" start
 "$PG_BIN"/pg_ctl -D "$DATA_DIR" -l "$DATA_DIR/logfile.log" stop -m immediate
-cp "$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001 .
+cp "$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001 "$DATA_DIR"
 cp "$WAL_PATH"/* "$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/
 for partial in "$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/*.partial ; do mv "$partial" "${partial%.partial}" ; done
-dd if=000000010000000000000001 of="$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001 bs=$WAL_SIZE count=1 conv=notrunc
-rm -f 000000010000000000000001
+dd if="$DATA_DIR"/000000010000000000000001 of="$DATA_DIR"/pg_wal/000000010000000000000001 bs=$WAL_SIZE count=1 conv=notrunc
+rm -f "$DATA_DIR"/000000010000000000000001