diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e0d4b99..19b458d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 *.swp
 __pycache__
 .cache
+*.yml
diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index a1c03420..758aa660 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ setupLCDFunction() {
 }
 
 queryFunc() {
-  domain=$2
+  domain="${2}"
   for list in /etc/pihole/list.*; do
     count=$(grep ${domain} $list | wc -l)
     echo "::: ${list} (${count} results)"