diff --git a/koji-setup/koji-bootstrap-build.sh b/koji-setup/koji-bootstrap-build.sh
index 30750be..1da0f21 100755
--- a/koji-setup/koji-bootstrap-build.sh
+++ b/koji-setup/koji-bootstrap-build.sh
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ sudo -u kojiadmin koji edit-tag -x rpm.macro.packager="$PACKAGER" "$TAG"
 sudo -u kojiadmin koji edit-tag -x rpm.macro.vendor="$VENDOR" "$TAG"
 # add build tag for all $RELEASE targets
 BUILDTAG="dist-$RELEASE-build"
-sudo -u kojiadmin koji add-tag --parent dist-"$PARENT" --arches="$RPM_ARCH" "$BUILDTAG"
+sudo -u kojiadmin koji add-tag --parent "$PARENT" --arches="$RPM_ARCH" "$BUILDTAG"
 sudo -u kojiadmin koji add-group "$BUILDTAG" build
 sudo -u kojiadmin koji add-group-pkg "$BUILDTAG" build epel-rpm-macros bash bzip2 coreutils cpio diffutils findutils gawk gcc gcc-c++ grep gzip info make patch redhat-rpm-config rpm-build sed shadow-utils tar unzip util-linux which yum-utils xz
 sudo -u kojiadmin koji add-group "$BUILDTAG" srpm-build