diff --git a/lib/linter.sh b/lib/linter.sh
index 413f9537..9cd7c3b8 100755
--- a/lib/linter.sh
+++ b/lib/linter.sh
@@ -1701,12 +1701,12 @@ if [ "${VALIDATE_R}" == "true" ]; then
   if [ ! -f "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/.lintr" ]; then 
     info " "
     info "No .lintr configuration file found, using defaults."
-    cp $R_LINTER_RULES $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+    cp $R_LINTER_RULES "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
   fi
 
-  #######################
-  # Lint the R files    #
-  #######################
+  ######################
+  # Lint the R files   #
+  ######################
   # LintCodebase "FILE_TYPE" "LINTER_NAME" "LINTER_CMD" "FILE_TYPES_REGEX" "FILE_ARRAY"
   LintCodebase  "R" "lintr" "${R_LINTER_RULES}" ".*\.\(r\|R\|Rmd\|rmd\)\$" "${FILE_ARRAY_R[@]}"
 fi