diff --git a/services/teslamate/run b/services/teslamate/run
index 56c196a..89838a3 100644
--- a/services/teslamate/run
+++ b/services/teslamate/run
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fi
 if pg_isready -h "$DATABASE_HOST" -p "$DATABASE_PORT" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
   bashio::log.info "Creating database '$DATABASE_NAME' on $DATABASE_HOST"
 
-  if [[ -n $(PGPASSWORD="$DATABASE_PASS" psql -h "$DATABASE_HOST" -p "$DATABASE_PORT" -U "$DATABASE_USER" postgres -Atqc "\list $DATABASE_NAME") ]]; then
+  if [[ -n $(PGPASSWORD="$DATABASE_PASS" psql -h "$DATABASE_HOST" -p "$DATABASE_PORT" -U "$DATABASE_USER" postgres -Atqc "\list \"$DATABASE_NAME\"") ]]; then
     bashio::log.info "Database $DATABASE_NAME already exists"
   else
     if PGPASSWORD="$DATABASE_PASS" psql -h "$DATABASE_HOST" -p "$DATABASE_PORT" -U "$DATABASE_USER" postgres -qc "CREATE DATABASE \"$DATABASE_NAME\""; then