diff --git a/instruction.go b/instruction.go
index 4ff5c02..7bd9d5e 100644
--- a/instruction.go
+++ b/instruction.go
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ type LinkInstruction struct {
 	Delete bool
 }
 
+func (instruction *LinkInstruction) Tidy() {
+	instruction.Source = strings.ReplaceAll(instruction.Source, "\"", "")
+	instruction.Source = strings.ReplaceAll(instruction.Source, "\\", "/")
+	instruction.Source = strings.TrimSpace(instruction.Source)
+
+	instruction.Target = strings.ReplaceAll(instruction.Target, "\"", "")
+	instruction.Target = strings.ReplaceAll(instruction.Target, "\\", "/")
+	instruction.Target = strings.TrimSpace(instruction.Target)
+}
+
 func (instruction *LinkInstruction) String() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s", SourceColor, instruction.Source, DefaultColor, deliminer, TargetColor, instruction.Target, DefaultColor, deliminer, strconv.FormatBool(instruction.Force), deliminer, strconv.FormatBool(instruction.Hard), deliminer, strconv.FormatBool(instruction.Delete))
 }
@@ -48,6 +58,7 @@ func ParseInstruction(line, workdir string) (LinkInstruction, error) {
 		instruction.Force = res
 	}
 
+	instruction.Tidy()
 	instruction.Source, _ = ConvertHome(instruction.Source)
 	instruction.Target, _ = ConvertHome(instruction.Target)
 
diff --git a/sync b/sync
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6039d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sync
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+foo,"~/bar"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testsync b/testsync
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a6f6f3..0000000
--- a/testsync
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-foo,bar,,t
\ No newline at end of file