diff --git a/src/mlmmj-make-ml.in b/src/mlmmj-make-ml.in
index a6e10a3..e4ee4c6 100755
--- a/src/mlmmj-make-ml.in
+++ b/src/mlmmj-make-ml.in
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/bash
 #
 # mlmmj-make-ml - henne@hennevogel.de
 #
 
-VERSION="0.1"
+VERSION="0.1-bash"
 DEFAULTDIR="/var/spool/mlmmj"
 ALIASFILE=/etc/aliases
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $0
 
 while getopts ":hL:s:azc:" Option
 do
-case "$Option" in 
+case "$Option" in
 	h )
 	echo "$USAGE"
 	exit 0
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ echo "Creating Directorys below $SPOOLDIR. Use '-s spooldir' to change"
 
 if [ -z "$LISTNAME" ]; then
 	echo -n "What should the name of the Mailinglist be? [mlmmj-test] : "
-	read LISTNAME
+	read -r LISTNAME
 	if [ -z "$LISTNAME" ]; then
 	LISTNAME="mlmmj-test"
 	fi
@@ -67,32 +67,32 @@ fi
 
 LISTDIR="$SPOOLDIR/$LISTNAME"
 
-mkdir -p $LISTDIR
+mkdir -p "$LISTDIR"
 
 for DIR in incoming queue queue/discarded archive text subconf unsubconf \
 	   bounce control moderation subscribers.d digesters.d requeue \
 	   nomailsubs.d
 do
-	mkdir "$LISTDIR"/"$DIR"
+	mkdir "$LISTDIR/$DIR"
 done
 
 test -f "$LISTDIR"/index || touch "$LISTDIR"/index
 
 echo -n "The Domain for the List? [] : "
-read FQDN
+read -r FQDN
 if [ -z "$FQDN" ]; then
-	FQDN=`domainname -f`
+	FQDN=$(domainname -f)
 fi
 
 echo -n "The emailaddress of the list owner? [postmaster] : "
-read OWNER
+read -r OWNER
 if [ -z "$OWNER" ]; then
 	OWNER="postmaster"
 fi
-echo "$OWNER" > "$LISTDIR"/"control/owner"
+echo "$OWNER" > "$LISTDIR/control/owner"
 
 (
-	cd "@textlibdir@"
+	cd "@textlibdir@" || exit 1
 	echo
 	echo "For the list texts you can choose between the following languages or"
 	echo "give a absolute path to a directory containing the texts."
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ echo "$OWNER" > "$LISTDIR"/"control/owner"
 
 	TEXTPATHDEF=en
 	echo -n "The path to texts for the list? [$TEXTPATHDEF] : "
-	read TEXTPATHIN
+	read -r TEXTPATHIN
 	if [ -z "$TEXTPATHIN" ] ; then
 		TEXTPATH="$TEXTPATHDEF"
 	else
@@ -115,35 +115,35 @@ echo "$OWNER" > "$LISTDIR"/"control/owner"
 		echo "in the source distribution of mlmmj."
 		sleep 2
 	else
-		cp "$TEXTPATH"/* "$LISTDIR"/"text"
+		cp "$TEXTPATH"/* "$LISTDIR/text"
 	fi
 )
 
 LISTADDRESS="$LISTNAME@$FQDN"
-echo "$LISTADDRESS" > "$LISTDIR"/control/"listaddress"
+echo "$LISTADDRESS" > "$LISTDIR/control/listaddress"
 
-MLMMJRECEIVE=`which mlmmj-receive 2>/dev/null`
+MLMMJRECEIVE=$(which mlmmj-receive 2>/dev/null)
 if [ -z "$MLMMJRECEIVE" ]; then
 	MLMMJRECEIVE="/path/to/mlmmj-receive"
 fi
 
-MLMMJMAINTD=`which mlmmj-maintd 2>/dev/null`
+MLMMJMAINTD=$(which mlmmj-maintd 2>/dev/null)
 if [ -z "$MLMMJMAINTD" ]; then
 	MLMMJMAINTD="/path/to/mlmmj-maintd"
 fi
 
 ALIAS="$LISTNAME:  \"|$MLMMJRECEIVE -L $SPOOLDIR/$LISTNAME/\""
-CRONENTRY="0 */2 * * * \"$MLMMJMAINTD -F -L $SPOOLDIR/$LISTNAME/\""
+CRONENTRY="0 */2 * * * $MLMMJMAINTD -F -L $SPOOLDIR/$LISTNAME/"
 
 if [ -n "$A_CREATE" ]; then
 	echo "I want to add the following to your $ALIASFILE file:"
 	echo "$ALIAS"
 
 	echo -n "is this ok? [y/N] : "
-	read OKIDOKI
-	case $OKIDOKI in
+	read -r OKIDOKI
+	case "$OKIDOKI" in
 		y|Y)
-		echo "$ALIAS" >> $ALIASFILE
+		echo "$ALIAS" >> "$ALIASFILE"
 		;;
 		n|N)
 		exit 0
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ fi
 if [ "$DO_CHOWN" ] ; then
 	echo
 	echo -n "chown -R $CHOWN $SPOOLDIR/$LISTNAME? [y/n]: "
-	read OKIDOKI
-	case $OKIDOKI in
+	read -r OKIDOKI
+	case "$OKIDOKI" in
 		y|Y)
-			chown -R $CHOWN $SPOOLDIR/$LISTNAME
+			chown -R "$CHOWN" "$SPOOLDIR/$LISTNAME"
 		;;
 		n|N)
 			exit 0
@@ -181,6 +181,6 @@ echo "$CRONENTRY"
 
 echo
 echo " ** FINAL NOTES **
-1) The mailinglist directory have to be owned by the user running the 
+1) The mailinglist directory have to be owned by the user running the
 mailserver (i.e. starting the binaries to work the list)
 2) Run newaliases"