diff --git a/lib/util-base.sh b/lib/util-base.sh
index 194c30c..a68e39a 100644
--- a/lib/util-base.sh
+++ b/lib/util-base.sh
@@ -708,19 +708,19 @@ bios_bootloader() {
 
                 # grub config changes for zfs root
                 if [ $(findmnt -ln -o FSTYPE ${MOUNTPOINT}) == "zfs" ]; then
-                    # zfs is considered a sparse filesystem so we can't use SAVEDEFAULT
-                    sed -e '/GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT/ s/^#*/#/' -i ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/default/grub
-                    # we need to tell grub where the zfs root is
-                    zroot="zfs=$(findmnt -ln -o SOURCE ${MOUNTPOINT}) rw"
-                    sed -e '/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=/s@"$@ '"${zroot}"'"@g' -e '/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=/s@"$@ '"${zroot}"'"@g' -i ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/default/grub
                     # zfs needs ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_PATH set to properly find the device
                     echo ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_PATH=YES >> ${MOUNTPOINT}/etc/environment
                     export ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_PATH=YES
-                    # there has to be a better way to do this $(cat ${PACKAGES})
+                    # write this to a script so we can properly set ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_PATH in the chroot
                     echo -e "# "'!'"/bin/bash
 ln -s /hostlvm /run/lvm
 export ZPOOL_VDEV_NAME_PATH=YES
 pacman -S --noconfirm --needed grub os-prober
+# zfs is considered a sparse filesystem so we can't use SAVEDEFAULT
+sed -e '/GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT/ s/^#*/#/' -i /etc/default/grub
+# we need to tell grub where the zfs root is
+zroot=\"zfs=$(findmnt -ln -o SOURCE ${MOUNTPOINT}) rw\"
+sed -e '/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=/s@\"\$@ '\"\${zroot}\"'\"@g' -e '/^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=/s@\"\$@ '\"\${zroot}\"'\"@g' -i /etc/default/grub
 grub-install --target=i386-pc --recheck $DEVICE
 pacman -S --noconfirm grub-theme-manjaro" > ${MOUNTPOINT}/usr/bin/grub_installer.sh
                 else