diff --git a/bot-coreutils/src/lib.rs b/bot-coreutils/src/lib.rs
index c53855b..96d0007 100644
--- a/bot-coreutils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bot-coreutils/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ mod tests;
 
 pub mod process;
 pub mod shuffle;
+pub mod string;
 /// Utilities to quickly check strings that represent urls
 pub mod url;
diff --git a/bot-coreutils/src/process.rs b/bot-coreutils/src/process.rs
index f9baa49..dcf70fd 100644
--- a/bot-coreutils/src/process.rs
+++ b/bot-coreutils/src/process.rs
@@ -1,26 +1,19 @@
 use std::io;
-use std::process::Stdio;
-use tokio::io::AsyncReadExt;
 use tokio::process::Command;
 
 /// Asynchronously runs a given command and returns the output
 pub async fn run_command_async(command: &str, args: &[&str]) -> io::Result<String> {
     log::trace!("Running command '{}' with args {:?}", command, args);
-    let cmd = Command::new(command)
-        .args(args)
-        .stdout(Stdio::piped())
-        .stderr(Stdio::piped())
-        .spawn()?;
-    let mut stderr = String::new();
-    let mut output = String::new();
+    let process_output: std::process::Output = Command::new(command).args(args).output().await?;
 
-    cmd.stderr.unwrap().read_to_string(&mut stderr).await?;
+    log::trace!("Reading from stderr...");
+    let stderr = String::from_utf8_lossy(&process_output.stderr[..]);
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&process_output.stdout[..]);
 
     if stderr.len() != 0 {
         log::debug!("STDERR of command {}: {}", command, stderr);
     }
-    cmd.stdout.unwrap().read_to_string(&mut output).await?;
-    log::trace!("Command output is {}", output);
+    log::trace!("Command output is {}", stdout);
 
-    Ok(output)
+    Ok(stdout.to_string())
 }
diff --git a/bot-coreutils/src/string.rs b/bot-coreutils/src/string.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96b0d7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot-coreutils/src/string.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/// Enquotes a string in a safe way
+pub fn enquote<S: ToString>(value: S) -> String {
+    let value = value.to_string();
+    format!("\"{}\"", value.replace("\"", "\\\""))
+}
diff --git a/bot-coreutils/src/tests/mod.rs b/bot-coreutils/src/tests/mod.rs
index 26d5466..d6b09ac 100644
--- a/bot-coreutils/src/tests/mod.rs
+++ b/bot-coreutils/src/tests/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 #[cfg(test)]
-mod url_tests;
\ No newline at end of file
+mod url_tests;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod string_tests;
diff --git a/bot-coreutils/src/tests/string_tests.rs b/bot-coreutils/src/tests/string_tests.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0fde0b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot-coreutils/src/tests/string_tests.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+use crate::string::enquote;
+
+#[test]
+fn test_enquote() {
+    assert_eq!(enquote("hello"), r#""hello""#);
+    assert_eq!(enquote(r#"hello "there""#), r#""hello \"there\"""#);
+    assert_eq!(enquote(""), r#""""#);
+}
diff --git a/src/providers/music/youtube_dl.rs b/src/providers/music/youtube_dl.rs
index a673cf1..a491131 100644
--- a/src/providers/music/youtube_dl.rs
+++ b/src/providers/music/youtube_dl.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use bot_coreutils::process::run_command_async;
 use crate::providers::music::queue::Song;
 use crate::providers::music::responses::{PlaylistEntry, VideoInformation};
 use crate::utils::error::BotResult;
+use bot_coreutils::string::enquote;
 
 static THREAD_LIMIT: u8 = 64;
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn search_video_information(query: String) -> BotResult<Option<
         "--no-warnings",
         "--dump-json",
         "-i",
-        format!("ytsearch:\"{}\"", query).as_str(),
+        format!("ytsearch:{}", enquote(query)).as_str(),
     ])
     .await?;
     let information = serde_json::from_str(&*output)?;
diff --git a/src/providers/qalc.rs b/src/providers/qalc.rs
index 1def5a5..478a5bf 100644
--- a/src/providers/qalc.rs
+++ b/src/providers/qalc.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 use bot_coreutils::process::run_command_async;
 
 use crate::utils::error::BotResult;
+use bot_coreutils::string::enquote;
 
 /// Runs the qalc command with the given expression
 pub async fn qalc(expression: &str) -> BotResult<String> {
-    let result = run_command_async(
-        "qalc",
-        &["-m", "1000", format!("\"{}\"", &*expression).as_str()],
-    )
-    .await?;
+    let result = run_command_async("qalc", &["-m", "1000", enquote(expression).as_str()]).await?;
     Ok(result)
 }