diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 3aacfdc..188d38c 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ start-server voice=default-voice:
     python3 -m piper.http_server --data-dir voices -m {{voice}}
 
 say-now phrase voice=default-voice:
-    echo "{{phrase}}" | piper -m voices/{{voice}} -f - | ffplay -nodisp -autoexit -
+    echo $'{{phrase}}' | piper -m voices/{{voice}} -f - | ffplay -nodisp -autoexit -
 
 say phrase voice=default-voice:
-    curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{ "text": "{{phrase}}", "voice": "{{voice}}" }' localhost:5000 | ffplay -nodisp -autoexit -
+    curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d $'{ "text": "{{phrase}}", "voice": "{{voice}}" }' localhost:5000 | ffplay -nodisp -autoexit -