diff --git a/rules/system_settings/system_settings_system_wide_preferences_configure.yaml b/rules/system_settings/system_settings_system_wide_preferences_configure.yaml
index 8b1b608e..723f36da 100644
--- a/rules/system_settings/system_settings_system_wide_preferences_configure.yaml
+++ b/rules/system_settings/system_settings_system_wide_preferences_configure.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ discussion: |
 check: |
   authDBs=("system.preferences" "system.preferences.energysaver" "system.preferences.network" "system.preferences.printing" "system.preferences.sharing" "system.preferences.softwareupdate" "system.preferences.startupdisk" "system.preferences.timemachine")
   result="1"
-  for section in $authDBs; do
+  for section in ${authDBs[@]}; do
     if [[ $(/usr/bin/security -q authorizationdb read "$section" | /usr/bin/xmllint -xpath 'name(//*[contains(text(), "shared")]/following-sibling::*[1])' -) != "false" ]]; then
       result="0"
     fi
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fix: |
   ----
   authDBs=("system.preferences" "system.preferences.energysaver" "system.preferences.network" "system.preferences.printing" "system.preferences.sharing" "system.preferences.softwareupdate" "system.preferences.startupdisk" "system.preferences.timemachine")
 
-  for section in $authDBs; do
+  for section in ${authDBs[@]}; do
   /usr/bin/security -q authorizationdb read "$section" > "/tmp/$section.plist"
   key_value=$(/usr/libexec/PlistBuddy -c "Print :shared" "/tmp/$section.plist" 2>&1)
   	if [[ "$key_value" == *"Does Not Exist"* ]]; then