diff --git a/workflow/rna-seq.nf b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
index 0990fdcb602ebc0e9a66b9ad1fe3c0dec4ede773..dcfc7186b431c5e26e609ec36a2dd07fb658cc44 100644
--- a/workflow/rna-seq.nf
+++ b/workflow/rna-seq.nf
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ process finalizeExecutionRun {
   curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X PUT -d \
     '{ \
       "ID": "${workflow.sessionId}", \
-      "Complete": "\${dt}" \
+      "Complete": "'\${dt}'" \
     }' \
     "https://9ouc12dkwb.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/prod/db/track"
   """
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ process failPreExecutionRun {
   curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X PUT -d \
     '{ \
       "ID": "${workflow.sessionId}", \
-      "Failure": "\${dt}" \
+      "Failure": "'\${dt}'" \
     }' \
     "https://9ouc12dkwb.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/prod/db/track"
   """
@@ -2340,7 +2340,7 @@ process failExecutionRun {
   curl -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -X PUT -d \
     '{ \
       "ID": "${workflow.sessionId}", \
-      "Failure": "\${dt}" \
+      "Failure": "'\${dt}'" \
     }' \
     "https://9ouc12dkwb.execute-api.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/prod/db/track"
   """