diff --git a/test/108_accept_alt.bats b/test/108_accept_alt.bats
index 004fd79..c6cecea 100644
--- a/test/108_accept_alt.bats
+++ b/test/108_accept_alt.bats
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ function create_encrypt() {
     echo "$efile" >> "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT"
     echo "$efile" >> "$T_DIR_WORK/$efile"
     mkdir -p "$T_DIR_WORK/dir one/$efile"
-    echo "'dir one'/$efile/file1" >> "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT"
+    echo "dir one/$efile/file1" >> "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT"
     echo "dir one/$efile/file1" >> "$T_DIR_WORK/dir one/$efile/file1"
   done
 }
diff --git a/test/109_accept_encryption.bats b/test/109_accept_encryption.bats
index 8f0eb69..449487b 100644
--- a/test/109_accept_encryption.bats
+++ b/test/109_accept_encryption.bats
@@ -96,14 +96,16 @@ EOF
       while IFS='' read -r glob || [ -n "$glob" ]; do
         if [[ ! $glob =~ ^# && ! $glob =~ ^[[:space:]]*$ ]] ; then
           local IFS=$'\n'
-          for matching_file in $(eval ls -d "$glob" 2>/dev/null); do
-            if [ -d "$matching_file" ]; then
-                echo "$matching_file/"
-              for subfile in "$matching_file"/*; do
-                echo "$subfile"
-              done
-            else
-              echo "$matching_file"
+          for matching_file in $glob; do
+            if [ -e "$matching_file" ]; then
+              if [ -d "$matching_file" ]; then
+                  echo "$matching_file/"
+                for subfile in "$matching_file"/*; do
+                  echo "$subfile"
+                done
+              else
+                echo "$matching_file"
+              fi
             fi
           done
         fi
@@ -297,7 +299,7 @@ EOF
   #; add paths with spaces to YADM_ARCHIVE
   local original_encrypt
   original_encrypt=$(cat "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT")
-  echo -e "'space test'/file*" >> "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT"
+  echo -e "space test/file*" >> "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT"
 
   #; run encrypt
   run expect <<EOF
@@ -331,7 +333,7 @@ EOF
   #; add directory paths to YADM_ARCHIVE
   local original_encrypt
   original_encrypt=$(cat "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT")
-  echo -e "'space test'" >> "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT"
+  echo -e "space test" >> "$T_YADM_ENCRYPT"
 
   #; run encrypt
   run expect <<EOF
diff --git a/yadm b/yadm
index 912a283..cb4dcfa 100755
--- a/yadm
+++ b/yadm
@@ -178,9 +178,11 @@ function alt() {
       if [[ ! $glob =~ ^# && ! $glob =~ ^[[:space:]]*$ ]] ; then
         # echo "working on ->$glob<-"
         local IFS=$'\n'
-        for matching_file in $(eval "$LS_PROGRAM" -d "$glob" 2>/dev/null); do
-          ENC_FILES[$index]="$matching_file"
-          ((index++))
+        for matching_file in $glob; do
+          if [ -e "$matching_file" ]; then
+            ENC_FILES[$index]="$matching_file"
+            ((index++))
+          fi
         done
       fi
     done < "$YADM_ENCRYPT"
@@ -460,9 +462,11 @@ function encrypt() {
   while IFS='' read -r glob || [ -n "$glob" ]; do
     if [[ ! $glob =~ ^# && ! $glob =~ ^[[:space:]]*$ ]] ; then
       local IFS=$'\n'
-      for matching_file in $(eval "$LS_PROGRAM" -d "$glob" 2>/dev/null); do
-        ENC_FILES[$index]="$matching_file"
-        ((index++))
+      for matching_file in $glob; do
+        if [ -e "$matching_file" ]; then
+          ENC_FILES[$index]="$matching_file"
+          ((index++))
+        fi
       done
     fi
   done < "$YADM_ENCRYPT"
@@ -710,8 +714,11 @@ function perms() {
   #; include globs found in YADM_ENCRYPT (if present)
   if [ -f "$YADM_ENCRYPT" ] ; then
     while IFS='' read -r glob || [ -n "$glob" ]; do
-      if [[ ! $glob =~ ^# ]] ; then
-        GLOBS=("${GLOBS[@]}" $(eval "$LS_PROGRAM" -d "$glob" 2>/dev/null))
+      if [[ ! $glob =~ ^# && ! $glob =~ ^[[:space:]]*$ ]] ; then
+        local IFS=$'\n'
+        for matching_file in $glob; do
+          GLOBS=("${GLOBS[@]}" "$matching_file")
+        done
       fi
     done < "$YADM_ENCRYPT"
   fi