diff --git a/helm-chart-collator/Makefile b/helm-chart-collator/Makefile
index 7858c21..95f86fc 100644
--- a/helm-chart-collator/Makefile
+++ b/helm-chart-collator/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ DOCKER_REGISTRY   ?= quay.io
 IMAGE_PREFIX      ?= airshipit
 IMAGE_TAG         ?= latest
 DISTRO            ?= debian_stable
-CHARTS			  ?= \"$(cat "config/charts.yaml")\"
+CHARTS            ?= config/charts.yaml
 IMAGE             := ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${IMAGE_PREFIX}/${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}
 SH_TO_CHECK       := $(wildcard files/*.sh )
 PROXY             ?= http://proxy.foo.com:8000
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ build_collator:
 ifeq ($(IMAGE_ID), none)
 ifeq ($(USE_PROXY), true)
 	./build-image-make.sh \
-	    config/charts.yaml \
+	        $(CHARTS) \
 		$(IMAGE_NAME) \
 		$(IMAGE) \
 		$(LABEL) \
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ ifeq ($(USE_PROXY), true)
 		$(NO_PROXY)
 else
 	./build-image-make.sh \
-	    config/charts.yaml \
+	        $(CHARTS) \
 		$(IMAGE_NAME) \
 		$(IMAGE) \
 		$(LABEL) \
diff --git a/helm-chart-collator/build-image-make.sh b/helm-chart-collator/build-image-make.sh
index 7c8c108..95960af 100755
--- a/helm-chart-collator/build-image-make.sh
+++ b/helm-chart-collator/build-image-make.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 if [[ $# < 5 ]]; then
   echo "usage:"
   echo "  $0 \\\n"
-  echo "     <charts filename> \\\n"
+  echo "     <charts file> \\\n"
   echo "     <image name> \\\n"
   echo "     <image uri> \\\n"
   echo "     <label> \\\n"
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ docker build . \
 	$(date --rfc-3339=seconds --utc)" \
 	--label "org.opencontainers.image.title=${IMAGE_NAME}" \
 	--force-rm=true \
-	--build-arg "CHARTS=\"$(cat "${CHARTS}")\"" \
+	--build-arg "CHARTS=$(cat "${CHARTS}")" \
 	--build-arg http_proxy=${PROXY} \
 	--build-arg https_proxy=${PROXY} \
 	--build-arg HTTP_PROXY=${PROXY} \
@@ -65,6 +65,6 @@ docker build . \
 	$(date --rfc-3339=seconds --utc)" \
 	--label "org.opencontainers.image.title=${IMAGE_NAME}" \
 	--force-rm=true \
-    --build-arg "CHARTS=\"$(cat "${CHARTS}")\"" \
+        --build-arg "CHARTS=$(cat "${CHARTS}")" \
 	--build-arg GIT_COMMIT=${COMMIT}
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
diff --git a/helm-chart-collator/build-image.sh b/helm-chart-collator/build-image.sh
index d8b0b77..e981108 100755
--- a/helm-chart-collator/build-image.sh
+++ b/helm-chart-collator/build-image.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -xe
 
 if [[ $# != 1 ]]; then
-  printf "usage: $0 <filename>\n"
+  printf "usage: $0 <charts file>\n"
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ IMAGE_TAG="${IMAGE_TAG:-latest}"
 
 image=${DOCKER_REGISTRY}/${IMAGE_PREFIX}/${IMAGE_NAME}:${IMAGE_TAG}
 echo "Building the ${image}"
-docker build . -t $image --build-arg "CHARTS=\"$(cat "$1")\""
+docker build . -t $image --build-arg "CHARTS=$(cat "$1")"