diff --git a/bin/foamLog b/bin/foamLog
index 021b93524399be90c6632d365d2ad9bffdaa0002..facdf586078f238589e0c4174485641a6872ee48 100755
--- a/bin/foamLog
+++ b/bin/foamLog
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ getAllQueries()
     #-- Add ones from database, present in log file
     # Note: just like awk, line selected with regular expression,
     #       column with string.
-    local dbQueries=$(getDbQueryList $db)
+    local dbQueries="$(getDbQueryList $db)"
 
     for var in $dbQueries
     do