diff --git a/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp b/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
index b64ad5c8fe..cf94201dfc 100644
--- a/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
+++ b/extras/Projucer/Source/Application/jucer_CommandLine.cpp
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ namespace
     static void generateObfuscatedStringCode (const StringArray& args)
     {
         checkArgumentCount (args, 2);
-        const String originalText (args[1]);
+        const String originalText (args[1].unquoted());
 
         struct Section
         {