diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables.go
index c98971c0..ad5d42bc 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables.go
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (w *wrapper) Install(destDir string) error {
 func (w *wrapper) render() (io.Reader, error) {
 	wrapperTemplate := `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables_test.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables_test.go
index 18e09cad..7cbd2a92 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/executables_test.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func TestWrapperRender(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fi
 			},
 			expected: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ PATH=/foo/bar/baz \
 			},
 			expected: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
diff --git a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer_test.go b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer_test.go
index fdeb6298..5932d472 100644
--- a/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer_test.go
+++ b/cmd/nvidia-ctk-installer/toolkit/installer/installer_test.go
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ func TestToolkitInstaller(t *testing.T) {
 				mode: 0777,
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/foo/bar/baz/.config \
 				mode: 0777,
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/foo/bar/baz/.config \
 				mode: 0777,
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/foo/bar/baz/.config \
 				mode: 0777,
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ PATH=/foo/bar/baz:$PATH \
 				mode: 0777,
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ PATH=/foo/bar/baz:$PATH \
 				mode: 0777,
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ PATH=/foo/bar/baz:$PATH \
 				mode: 0777,
 				wrapper: `#! /bin/sh
 
-cat /proc/modules | grep -e \"^nvidia \" >/dev/null 2>&1
+cat /proc/modules | grep -e "^nvidia " >/dev/null 2>&1
 if [ "${?}" != "0" ]; then
 	echo "nvidia driver modules are not yet loaded, invoking runc directly"
 	exec runc "$@"