diff --git a/apps/simon/0.3.5/scripts/init.sh b/apps/simon/0.3.5/scripts/init.sh
index 2b0ea5cf1..d0bc05f5e 100755
--- a/apps/simon/0.3.5/scripts/init.sh
+++ b/apps/simon/0.3.5/scripts/init.sh
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ fail() {
   exit 1
 }
 
-read_env_value() {
-  local key="$1"
-  local value=""
-  value="$(sed -n "s/^${key}=//p" "$ENV_FILE" | tail -n 1)"
+unquote_value() {
+  local value="$1"
   case "$value" in
     \"*\") value="${value#\"}"; value="${value%\"}" ;;
     \'*\') value="${value#\'}"; value="${value%\'}" ;;
@@ -20,10 +18,21 @@ read_env_value() {
   printf '%s\n' "$value"
 }
 
+read_env_value() {
+  local key="$1"
+  local value=""
+  value="$(sed -n "s/^${key}=//p" "$ENV_FILE" | tail -n 1)"
+  unquote_value "$value"
+}
+
 effective_value() {
   local key="$1"
+  local value=""
   if [[ -v "$key" ]]; then
-    printf '%s\n' "${!key}"
+    value="${!key}"
+  fi
+  if [[ -n "$value" ]]; then
+    unquote_value "$value"
   else
     read_env_value "$key"
   fi