diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f5067b1..1df4375 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2024-08-20
+### Fixed
+- Fix unquoting of variables (e.g. `ALL_TEX_LIVE_DOCKER_IMAGES`)
+
 ## 2024-08-13
 ### Added
 - Updated default [`version`](https://github.com/overleaf/toolkit/blob/master/lib/config-seed/version) to `5.1.1`.
diff --git a/lib/shared-functions.sh b/lib/shared-functions.sh
index 5f8b923..59239eb 100644
--- a/lib/shared-functions.sh
+++ b/lib/shared-functions.sh
@@ -180,11 +180,11 @@ function check_sharelatex_env_vars() {
 function read_variable() {
   local name=$1
   grep -E "^$name=" "$TOOLKIT_ROOT/config/variables.env" \
-  | sed -r "s/^$name=([\"']*)(.+)\1*\$/\2/"
+  | sed -r "s/^$name=([\"']?)(.+)\1\$/\2/"
 }
 
 function read_configuration() {
   local name=$1
   grep -E "^$name=" "$TOOLKIT_ROOT/config/overleaf.rc" \
-  | sed -r "s/^$name=([\"']*)(.+)\1*\$/\2/"
+  | sed -r "s/^$name=([\"']?)(.+)\1\$/\2/"
 }